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New routes to success in learning are popping up around the country

The Hechinger Report

Step 6: Create a grammar handbook to describe five Parts of Speech. Policy experts believe the JOBS bill will move forward only as part of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which provides federal aid for postsecondary education. If you score below 80 percent, go back to Step 3. Step 7: Take the unit quiz.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

. — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half of the handbook is a section titled “Corporal Punishment.”. District policy is to respect parents’ preferences, but that doesn’t always happen.