The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. However, there is not much research on the life outcomes of students with disabilities who attain high school diplomas versus those who get alternative exit documents. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem.

Dropout 79

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 79

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Children who shouldn’t be paddled are paddled anyway, usually when parent letters get lost, or because school officials don’t check their lists before doling out corporal punishment, a problem documented both inside and outside Covington County. Covington County Superintendent Babette Duty chalks those cases up to human error.

Elementary 143

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 143

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Leslie Lipson, counsel to the Georgia Advocacy Office. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled.

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80