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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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In the spring of 2021, $600 stood between Endele Wilson and his dream of achieving a teaching credential from Long Beach City College. million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, according to state data leaving campuses worried about their future and potential students with fewer of the opportunities offered by higher education.

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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. According to Tameka, staff visited her in Spring 2021 after receiving calls from the school complaining her children were not attending online classes. The social workers interviewed the children, inspected their home and looked for signs of neglect and abuse.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

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Related: Training people recovering from substance abuse disorders to be part of treatment teams Genevieve Ward, 42, enrolled at Skagit Valley in the summer of 2021 after spending time in prison on a drug conviction. Typically, the sentences include a work or education component, making Skagit Valley a natural fit.

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

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A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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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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At Generation Hope, we are building a policy and advocacy agenda driven by student parents all over the country that will prioritize removing financial barriers to college completion for Black parents. 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. “I spent months writing,” she said, “just crying while I wrote because of how it felt to not be recognized.”

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

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At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. Your stories. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed.

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