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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? All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

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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

I meet with teachers twice a week, and every day I push in a class or pull kids out depending on what they’re doing in class. In this new school year, the national shortage of bus drivers has been felt as seven drivers work to gather students from a catchment area spanning 1,200 square miles. It’s a joke.