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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

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Her daughter, whose name is being withheld to protect her privacy, learned from the living room couch or dining room table, and there was no chance for altercations with her peers in the hallway or on the bus. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again.

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

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Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We 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. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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

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And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Your stories.

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A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’

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Jaden Huynh Michael Liao Mana Setayesh Jake Holschuh for The Hechinger Report. million teenagers were set to graduate from high school in spring 2021. Credit: Jake Holschuh for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Jake Holschuh for The Hechinger Report. All three planned to graduate at the end of the 2020-21 school year.

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

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This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. But a first-of-its-kind analysis by The Hechinger Report and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting has found that attendance-related suspensions are pervasive, in some districts accounting for more than half of all in-school suspensions.

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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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Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. Emerging at the height of the pandemic, pods (or “hubs” as they are sometimes called) were organized primarily by middle-class, college-educated parents and community groups to provide safe, supportive spaces for virtual learning. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report.

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

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Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report It was just the latest interruption in schooling that’s been characterized by near constant disruption. Deishangelxa, 9 years old at the time, struggled with virtual learning and fell far behind. In 2021, school officials announced that 13,000 students had failed all their classes.