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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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If more students become pregnant post-Roe, are we prepared to support them?

The Hechinger Report

In 2019, the Trump administration prohibited providers in the program from referring patients for abortion except in rare cases, leading almost 1,000 clinics to leave the program. Teenage moms don’t have access to that type of information, and they believe everything they read or hear on social media.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Department ’s Privacy Office to Take Effect in Early 2019.” How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” Stop acting like “ self-directed learning ” is a new thing. Only one reason to do that: ED's going to reopen and expand the experiment. Thanks in advance.