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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. But they have much better tools than they did in 2005 when the retention policy was put into place,” he said. Rory Williams stands in the library at George Washington Carver High School. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school

The Hechinger Report

True to form, she began studying late into the night, repeating phrases and learning new vocabulary from English language recordings she checked out from the library. She became Carver’s first student to move from undocumented to documented status and to enroll in college. Zelaya is now in her second year of college courses.

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