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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

One study by the Louisiana board of education showed that 40 percent of retained eighth graders did not even make it to a high-school campus after being held back. Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. Related: A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’.

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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

From the same study: “The current teachers’ shortage represents arguably the most imminent threat to the nation’s schools. A study by the business school at the UCLA, Los Angeles, showed that the U.S. The proportion of these teachers who are fifty or older rose from one in four (24 percent) in 1996 to 42 percent in 2005.

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

The Hechinger Report

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. “When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”.

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