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

The Hechinger Report

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new. The homework gap isn’t new.

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College tuition breaks for Native students spread, but some tribes are left out

The Hechinger Report

Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage. Limiting which Native students get financial assistance is especially significant, given the rising cost of post-secondary degrees. Some colleges or states have agreements with specific unrecognized tribes.

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The vast majority of students with disabilities don’t get a college degree

The Hechinger Report

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations.

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A new test that no student would dread — one that leads to citizenship

The Hechinger Report

He is a member of the Latino education advocacy group Nuestra Voz and a student at Cohen College Prep in New Orleans. Students need access to quality high schools, citizenship and real pathways to gainful employment, he added. naturalization requirements. The 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Plyler v.