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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

The graduation rate in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020. The Cleveland Plan began in the 2011-12 school year, a make-or-break time for the district. The graduation rate rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020. Related: How to make Cleveland ‘great again’?

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Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites

The Hechinger Report

An elementary schooler in the same district couldn’t access a picture of record-breaking sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner to add to a writing assignment. What’s more, many districts completely block social media sites, something the Federal Communications Commission said in 2011 was inconsistent with CIPA.