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

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But it was traumatic when, in Fall 2021, they figured out it had happened. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. According to Tameka, staff visited her in Spring 2021 after receiving calls from the school complaining her children were not attending online classes.

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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

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Department of Education’s Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program. Generation Hope’s experience shows how access to funding and supportive relationships can make a difference in college completion. Her book, “Pregnant Girl,” will be released May 2021.

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College tuition breaks for Native students spread, but some tribes are left out

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This story also appeared in Oregon Public Broadcasting Hall — who graduated in 2021 with a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Oregon — is the language coordinator for the Coquille Indian Tribe. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage.

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Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss’

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She’d noticed that Nevaeh was missing a grade in her online grade book for a major science project that the teen said she had completed. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. Navarro began working with Jason in May 2021. They’ve been through a lot,” said Rubio.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

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It feels really good and really important that our children… have access to in-person, five-day-a-week education. It returned to full-time, in-person school for all students — with mandatory masking — for the 2021-22 school year. The requirements listed below relate to whether masks are required in school buildings.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

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Two chairs by the fireplace sit ready for one-on-one tutoring, a cluster of ottomans nearby can accommodate a study group, and spaces to hunker down with a book or notes abound: a couch by the front door layered with pillows and blankets, a desk tucked into a corner, a fire table on the patio, and a backyard. I’ll just sleep in my car.”

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

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In August 2021, after successive waves of infection saw schools open and close, in-person schooling finally resumed for students on the island, but not for long. Puerto Rico’s student population has dropped by almost half in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021, a decline caused by disasters, mismanagement and migration.