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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

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Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. By 2022, that number grew to 8,745. The third graders at A.J.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St. Louis, in the spring of 2022. She enrolled her boys in the local schools that April. Louis area home on June 10, 2023.

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Thousands of kids are missing from school. Where did they go?

The Hechinger Report

Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff To assess just how many students have gone missing, AP and Big Local News canvassed every state in the nation to find the most recently available data on both public and non-public schools, as well as census estimates for the school-age population.

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

The Hechinger Report

Starting in 2022, middle school students are supposed to be taught about birth control, but health courses will remain optional in high school. With many states, including Texas, moving to further restrict access to free reproductive health care, advocates say what is taught in schools about sex and pregnancy matters.

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