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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

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Over the years, the girl, who is now 15, was suspended at least five times, by Hatten’s count — until the coronavirus pandemic brought a halt to in-school learning. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again. This story also appeared in The Nation.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

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In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. For more stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn subscribe to the Educate podcast. It wasn’t always this way.

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

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“It’s becoming blatantly apparent that the year they spent in remote learning did not allow them to mature properly,” said Thiebeau, who teaches biology and forensics in a room decorated with animal bones and a taxidermied bear head. But there are early signs that the school’s efforts to stem the worst of the pandemic fallout may be helping.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

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Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

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Held back, but not helped

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A 2011-12 survey found an average of 9 percent of students nationwide had repeated at least one grade; in Louisiana, the average was 23 percent. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM.

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Seeking advantage, colleges are increasingly admitting students as sophomores

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Related: Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment. million fewer college students in the spring semester just ended than at the last peak in 2011, the National Student Clearinghouse reports. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. They don’t want too much focus on this,” Endlich said.

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College dreams often melt away in summer months. ‘Near-peer’ counseling is helping keep them alive.

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Started in 2011, the College Bridge program now has 45 coaches in 35 high schools serving 3,800 students, according to administrators. She’d dreamed of attending the State University of New York at Albany — before learning how expensive it was. Photo: Sarah Gonser/The Hechinger Report.