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

The Hechinger Report

But it was traumatic when, in Fall 2021, they figured out it had happened. After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. 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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Can peer counseling programs bridge access gaps for youth? Experts say it’s complicated

The Hechinger Report

The basic idea behind these peer support programs is straightforward: They rely on students trained to offer a listening ear to those who reach out, provide direct mentorship and guidance, or spot struggling students and help connect them with an adult or professional resources. That number climbs to 15 percent for 10th and 12th graders.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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As the disruptions and changes continue to unfold during 2021, he recommends using an adaptive system design to change the structures and collective mindsets within school districts. McNulty is the president of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and the Successful Practices Network (SPN). WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

The Hechinger Report

The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. The graduation rate remained steady, and even rose to 67 percent in 2021.

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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. They also gained invaluable experience being resourceful when they didn’t know how to proceed. “We Los Angeles high school senior.

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