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Marina Villeneuve

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Covers:  education, K-12, higher-ed, accountability
🇨🇴 Adoptee | Investigative reporter @hechingerreport | Board @IRE_NICAR, Diversity Com chair | Treasurer @NAHJNewEngland | past: @apnews @salon @boston25

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Marina Villeneuve’s Biography

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I've been at this journalism thing ever since my junior year of high school, when I landed in the principal's office for the first time in my life.

My crime: "improper solicitation" for sticking letters into teacher mailboxes asking them to donate to the underground newspaper I founded.

I apologized, but was undeterred. Our paper later examined school activity fees: the practice of charging students upwards of $150 to join after-school clubs as a way of filling dwindling school coffers in the …

Marina Villeneuve’s Journalist Portfolio

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Cybersecurity bill sparks controversy

Cybersecurity bill sparks controversy

The proposal by Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Brighton, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, would …

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Wal-Mart may abandon planned D.C. stores over minimum-wage bill

Wal-Mart may abandon planned D.C. stores over minimum-wage bill

A bill passed by the D.C. Council would require non-unionized retailers like Wal-Mart to pay workers $12.50 a…

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Looking for a solution to the jump in student loan interest rates

Looking for a solution to the jump in student loan interest rates

Interest rates on federal student loans double to 6.8%, but Congress could pass a retroactive fix. Democrats …

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Raising money to ensure women have access to abortions

Raising money to ensure women have access to abortions

WASHINGTON - Sarah Tuttle led her bowling team to a fourth-place finish in a nationwide tournament this April…

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Religious groups on LI boost security

Religious groups on LI boost security

Religious institutions on Long Island are taking a second look at their security protocols after a white supr…

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Cops: 1 killed, 6 hurt as cement truck, school bus collide

Cops: 1 killed, 6 hurt as cement truck, school bus collide

A school bus driver was killed and six others, including four children, were injured when the bus was hit hea…

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After affirmative action: Four takeaways

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By Marina Villeneuve Verified
| The Charlotte Observer Verified
Most people believed that the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to end affirmative action in higher education admissions would cause a big drop in Black and Hispanic enrollment at the nation's top colleges. What happened is actually more complicated. Overall, more Black and Hispanic students enrolled in four-year universities in fall 2024 than in fall 2023.
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Did the end of affirmative action lead to fewer Black and Hispanic students?

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By Meredith Kolodner Verified, Marina Villeneuve Verified
| The Hechinger Report Verified
Most people believed that the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to end affirmative action in higher education admissions would cause a big drop in Black and Hispanic enrollment at the nation’s top colleges. What happened is actually more complicated. Overall, more Black and Hispanic students enrolled in four-year universities in fall 2024 than in fall 2023.
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N.J. is worst in America at putting kids with disabilities in regular classes. Here’s why that may change.

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By Marina Villeneuve Verified
| Yahoo Verified
This story about special education classrooms was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In New Jersey, fewer than half of 6- and 7-year-olds in special education spend the vast majority of their day with their classmates without disabilities. That might change, though, because a state special education advisory group has pledged to examine the issue. Read the original article on NJ.com.
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Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

My muse, my life: Rory Gilmore. Paris Geller, you saucy thing, you're a close second.

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Why did you become a journalist?

I want to spend my career doing something useful and helpful to society, where I learn something new everyday and tell stories.