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Undocumented High School Students Are Now the ‘Post-DACA Generation’

Edsurge

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. Source: FWD.us In the FWD.us

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Lost in translation: Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English often left in the dark

The Hechinger Report

The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights. Her requests for translated copies of legal documents largely went unanswered, she said — until a principal told her that the translation was too expensive.

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What We Heard From Early Childhood Educators During the Pandemic Year

Edsurge

She attended a webinar, but the presenter didn’t provide documentation for attendees to reference. Over the last 10 months, as part of EdSurge’s research and reporting project to document the impact of COVID-19 on the early childhood workforce, we’ve heard from many early childhood educators and providers like Briggs.

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

Edsurge

It would be so easy for people to just say, ‘well, they're probably not college material,’” Odle said, referring to non-submitters. When filling out financial aid forms, her mother had the needed documents prepared, for example. Their advocacy work has already begun, one high school senior at a time. “At

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Some Thoughts on the UNESCO OER Recommendation

Iterating Toward Openness

.” The vague and ambiguous language of “ quality ” isn’t avoided altogether, but it’s terrific to see the crisper, clearer language of effectiveness throughout the document. ” This is 100% correct in my view.

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Students sick of ‘lip service’ from universities over racism

The Hechinger Report

“I think there is optimism based on this worldwide movement and the fact that there’s worldwide attention on the way Black folks have been treated in this country for hundreds of years now,” said Alim, who is the Midwest engagement manager for the Young Invincibles youth advocacy group. The question I would ask is, ‘What is being done?’

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Thousands of families in special education limbo

The Hechinger Report

The family hoped Eli could get an Individualized Education Program (IEP), a legal document that qualifies students for special education and lays out the services and accommodations they will receive. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In

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