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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

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He said the fall 2021 semester of first-year calculus was the most difficult he’s had in his 50-year career. From the tiniest kindergarteners to college-ready high school seniors, nearly all students had their education disrupted starting in March 2020. Their failure is my failure.”.

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

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“We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

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Overton’s placement in the college-level course with a companion course, called a co-requisite, is part of a developmental education redesign launched by the Alabama Community College System in 2018-19. That is the traditional way that developmental education has worked. “I was very thankful for taking that lab course,” she said. “It

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Community college students get double the support through unusual dual-teacher program

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The 27-year-old is also one of more than 6,000 Washington community and technical college students enrolled in the state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program. Statewide data shows students in the program graduate at a higher rate than those enrolled in traditional adult basic education.

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College students to administrators: Let’s talk about mental health

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A wrestler and physical education major, he suffered a concussion and a sprained ACL. Data from the 2021 Healthy Minds Study shows 34 percent of college respondents struggling with anxiety disorder and 41 percent with depression — rates that have risen in recent years. She believes mental health education should be required.

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OPINION: The pandemic gave graduating high school seniors new strength and resilience

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As this spring’s high school seniors gear up for graduation, there’s a silver lining worth noting: The class of 2021 may be better prepared to take hold of their future than the classes before them. Prior to the pandemic, transitioning from high school to college or career may have marked the first major life change for most teens.

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

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When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic. Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. Your stories.

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