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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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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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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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When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class

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Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. We’ve been training them now for five weeks,” she said at the time. Related: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

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” Eric Duncan, part of education advocacy organization Ed Trust’s policy team, said Thorne’s story is one echoed by Black male educators nationwide who feel perpetually overlooked. The concept behind the program is recruiting, training and certifying minority men to become elementary school teachers in South Carolina.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

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Longitudinal studies of corporal punishment in schools internationally, meanwhile, have found the practice is correlated with lower math scores , lower motivation and diminished academic progress , along with increased absenteeism and dropout rates. The program is one of the most-studied behavioral frameworks for schools.