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

The Hechinger Report

High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. None of these guidelines are absolute. In the latest failure of texting, researchers nudged more than 800,000 high school students to apply for federal financial aid. 1/2) Hi [first_name].

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Empowered Readers: Technology That Can Re-Inspire Students’ Love of Reading

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The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Most learners have access to a tablet device, iPad, or some other form of smartphone device, but many don't have physical books at home. What is available to my learners at school and at home?

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COLUMN: Isolated in dorm rooms or stuck at home, some freshmen wonder if college is worth it

The Hechinger Report

Residential colleges continue to struggle with the decision of whether and how to bring students safely back this spring, amid CDC guidelines that have left them with a great degree of discretion and led to an array of different plans and approaches. Credit: Jennipher Acheampong.

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What it’s like to be a transgender student in Mississippi

The Hechinger Report

In elementary and middle school, Knight was one of the smartest people I knew. Now, lawmakers in the state are pressuring the Mississippi Department of Education to not honor federal guidelines that, for the first time, could protect vulnerable trans students like Knight. He looks exactly like his mother.