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‘A second prison’: People face hidden dead ends when they pursue a range of careers post-incarceration

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This story also appeared in The Washington Post In 2008, Wiese moved to Virginia to attend Regent University School of Law. He received his doctorate in 2019 and now serves as vice president of programs for The Fortune Society, an education, service and advocacy organization focused on criminal justice and re-entry.

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Schools Are a Lifeline for Homeless Students. COVID-19 Is Severing the Connection.

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The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I You have the issue of: We have the resource, but the kid is unable to access it,” Blackwell says. “If If you’re unable to access the resource, it doesn’t matter what the resource is.”

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

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Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. Implications of the access hypothesis : Why do most comparisons of OER to traditional materials fail to find a positive effect of OER? They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. call this “the access hypothesis.”

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Eligible for financial aid, nearly a million students never get it

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“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. One of the easiest places to cut the budget is in financial aid.

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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

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For instance, at Smith College , a selective liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, the percentage of students reporting a disability rose from 9 percent in the fall of 2008 to 24 percent in the fall of 2017. This is no accident.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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Unequal access to external support: Staff can’t just assume students will have access to the same resources at home or that they will willingly talk about what they have and don’t have. Domenech has served as Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association since July 2008. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A.

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OPINION: Cities find new ways to fill pre-K funding holes left by the federal government

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This era of “new localism” is focused on closing opportunity gaps for children by providing more equitable access to services such as pre-K, health and mental health care, enrichment opportunities and higher education. Related: Why your toddler can’t learn from a screen.

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