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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

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Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Other times, they’ve paid tuition in full, but owe money for overdue parking, library or housing fees. This story also appeared in Los Angeles Times.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

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After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Oakland’s partnership, known as #OaklandUndivided , launched in May 2020. OAKLAND, Calif.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” science and student exchange programs through the end of the current budget cycle in 2020.” to retain their residency rights even if they leave the U.K.

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’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Via Edsurge : “20 By 2020: Quizlet ’s Big Revenue Ambitions From Third-Party Content Partners.”

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Thousands of kids are missing from school. Where did they go?

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Missing” students received crisis-level attention in 2020 after the pandemic closed schools nationwide. Instead, she cruised the hallways or read in the library. Overall, public school enrollment fell by 710,000 students between the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 school years in the 21 states plus Washington, D.C.,

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Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” ” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. ” Via NPR : “ Advanced Placement Exam Scores In Alabama On The Rise.” ” Contests and Awards.

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — On a chilly morning just before Valentine’s Day 2020, Viviana Longoria, 16, joined the stream of girls getting off the bus at Lincoln Park School, infant bucket seats in tow. At a regular school, there’s so much drama,” Viviana said back in February 2020.

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