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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. Related: When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class To many observers, Tameka’s troubles stem from Atlanta’s rapid gentrification.

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

A 2008 study in Los Angeles public schools found that those who didn’t pass algebra by ninth grade were half as likely to graduate as those who did. Math courses are “the most significant barrier to degree completion in both STEM and non-STEM fields,” the authors concluded. Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM.”

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles

Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

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