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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

The Hechinger Report

But since 2014, she says, when the district introduced this new outdoor project-based approach, students’ ambition and sense of identity have dramatically improved. Prior to 2014, students were distracted and disengaged, often doing the bare minimum to graduate from high school (if they did at all).

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Within each disability, there is variance in severity and how the disability reveals itself in a classroom.

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