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The number of grandparents raising grandchildren is up, thanks in part to the opioid epidemic

The Hechinger Report

The Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey counted 2.4 million in 2005 to 7.1 Eschman first discovered the Clayton County program in 2005. After two years and no turnaround for Eschman’s daughter, the courts began to assess the best long-term living situation, ultimately deciding on Eschman’s home.

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The rural school district Obama fought to save

The Hechinger Report

produced and directed a documentary film called Corridor of Shame , released in April 2005 and shown on public television statewide. A local teenage girl named Ty’sheoma Bethea wrote the president and members of Congress in February 2009, pleading for their help in replacing J.V. Bud Ferillo is a preppy, genteel sort of hellraiser.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Nicholas Negroponte first started talking up his vision for a $100 laptop at the World Economic Forum in 2005.

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