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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

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He has an office, access to professional training and government-provided health insurance. Credit: Allen McEachern for The Hechinger Report Now there’s new scrutiny of how adjuncts’ pay and benefits affect not only them but also their students, who often go into debt to cover rising tuition. It’s not fair to them — we know that.

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These Youth Are Transforming the Trauma of Poverty With Raw, Original Storytelling

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Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artist Collective is a 501c3 organization that works to document St. Youth also earn money through performance, documentation and administrative work with the Collective. Visual artists document performers and produce photographs and videos that carry the messaging out online long after the PA is packed up.

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

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She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. In Atlanta, where Tameka lives, parents must present at least eight documents to enroll their children — twice as many as parents in New York City or Los Angeles. Slowly, she has tried to replace the missing documents.

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PROOF POINTS: COVID has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

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According to a preliminary October 2020 report from National Student Clearinghouse Research Center that tallied fall enrollment figures from just over half of the nation’s colleges and universities, the number of undergraduate students has fallen 4 percent since the fall of 2019. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

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High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. Text reminders of deadlines and general tips might not be sufficient to help students who cannot locate documents or need help answering a question. College enrollment didn’t budge, nor did the amount of financial aid that students received.

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

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Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Native advocates said some students don’t have this kind of documentation even when they are enrolled in a recognized tribe. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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These students are finishing high school, but their degrees don’t help them go to college

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This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. How one district solved its special education dropout problem.

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