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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Richard Del Moro, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, adds that Middletown works hard to make their students “feel good” by providing opportunities beyond academics, including extracurricular activities, athletics, music, and the building environment. Why does that matter? Ending Social Promotion.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

” As a result, students engage in academics, athletics and extracurriculars because they “know you care.” Eastwood wants each student to be proficient in math and reading before finishing 5th grade. . Studies show that low-income and minority students are less likely to use the Internet or own a computer.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

The district’s Covid dashboard shows there have been more than 400 cases among students and staff, and 50 people were quarantined in mid-November. It feels really good and really important that our children… have access to in-person, five-day-a-week education. We have horrible broadband, horrible cell service. It’s a joke.