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

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Louis area home on June 10, 2023. Credit: Zachary Clingenpeel for The Hechinger Report Jennings School District officials did not respond to follow-up questions about Crawford’s case, but a letter addressed to the family said that the boys were transferred to home-school learning at Crawford’s request. I feel like a failure.

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

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An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate. Credit: Bianca Vázquez Toness/Associated Press “This was about balancing the number of students in schools,” says Tiffany Fick, director of school quality and advocacy for Equity in Education, a policy organization in Atlanta. Communities such as St.

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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 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. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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How are college campuses preparing for a post-Roe world?

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Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. “We Beyond student advocacy networks, young people can also seek help through hotlines and abortion funds. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. We just have to listen to them.