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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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In the early months of 2020, her team expanded an attendance campaign called “All In,” from four to 25 schools across the district, which is home to 85 public schools in total. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Suspensions and expulsions plummeted during the 2020-21 school year, as most school districts closed their buildings and put instruction online to slow the spread of Covid. But this fall has brought a reversal of the trend. There’s a lot that goes on with these children when they miss school,” Hatten said.

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Cuidado infantil, asientos para bebés y otras maneras simples de mantener a madres adolescentes en la escuela

The Hechinger Report

Sólo el 53 por ciento de mujeres de veintitantos años que han tenido sus bebés durante su adolescencia se han graduado de secundaria, comparadas con el 90 por ciento de mujeres que no tuvieron sus hijos en ese período de tiempo, según Child Trends, una organización investigativa enfocada en personas jóvenes.

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With a teacher like me, ‘Would I have turned out better?’

The Hechinger Report

Fellows receive monthly stipends that start at $450 and rise each year, up to $700, in an attempt to combat steep post-secondary dropout rates — 33 percent of black college students drop out after one year of college, often because of financial shortfalls. But Albert’s struggles with speech lasted all through high school. “I

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

The Hechinger Report

South Carolina has seen its highest number of educator vacancies this year since the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement started tracking the trend in 2001. Tyler Wright congratulates one of his 4th grade students with a fist bump at Stono Park Elementary School in Charleston, Friday, Nov.

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

The Hechinger Report

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — On a chilly morning just before Valentine’s Day 2020, Viviana Longoria, 16, joined the stream of girls getting off the bus at Lincoln Park School, infant bucket seats in tow. At a regular school, there’s so much drama,” Viviana said back in February 2020. Lee en Español. This story also appeared in Telemundo.

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