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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

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She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. Tameka is her middle name. Where did they go?

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

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That is $3,792 in 2020 dollars. A June 2020 study by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program shows enrollments at regional public universities across six states — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin — have fallen by over 10 percent since 2011. From 2005 to 2020, Vedder said, O.U. chapter.

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How the coronavirus has upended college admissions

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Students planning to enroll at community colleges are in many cases just starting their applications, sometimes without access to the internet at home. Goulart’s district is providing Chromebooks to all students and wifi hotspots to those who don’t have access to the internet at home. Photo: AP /Rick Bowmer.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

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In 2020, policies in 27 states allowed students to earn credentials through career education coursework, such as industry certifications, according to an analysis from the Education Commission of the States. Third grade students work on a paper parachute they’ve built as part of an engineering exercise at A.J.

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Students who drop out for mental health struggles are turning to pricey programs to find their way back

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In order to recover from her unplanned detour and be strong enough to complete her degree while coping with her depression, she realized she had to make a commitment to eating well, getting good rest and doing some form of exercise daily. Basically, when I was depressed at Mount Holyoke, that went to the wayside.

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They didn’t turn in their work for remote school. Their parents were threatened with courts and fines

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a noise Gray, who is Black, found inappropriate, given the context of protests against law enforcement and the optics of a white teacher exercising control in that way over a majority Black and brown classroom. Kandis, Cooper and Rob Seaver stand for a portrait at their apartment complex in Austin, Texas, on Dec.

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

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the trauma for many continued, as the Trump administration separated families in detention centers where cells were sometimes kept frigid, food was inadequate and kids were not given access to basic hygiene. Hood teaches the students breathing exercises, and they discuss how to solve conflicts. When the children reached the U.S.,