The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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. One of the documents — a complicated certificate evaluating a child’s dental health, vision, hearing and nutrition — is required by the state. But it was never found.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Since then, the department has eliminated 72 guidance documents that dealt with the rights of special education students. The department said the documents were “outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective.”. Unfortunately, she added, teachers often don’t know how to address this — a problem that stems from teaching preparation programs. “In

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts. “And Related: This program is proven to help moms and babies — so why aren’t we investing in it more

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. This debate about the value of college, and growing doubts, may stem from bigger questions that go back to the founding of this country, and about the American Dream that anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Under the new scenario, retention in fourth grade “should be a rare choice,” said White, noting that now, for each failing student, schools will institute interventions that must be documented in the state’s student-information system until the student achieves basic proficiency on the LEAP test. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Enoch Jemmott’s shot at a college education depends entirely on a football scholarship, along with tracking down the financial aid documents he needs from his homeless mother. Some of the film’s best scenes come as the students are seen helping one another untangle the barrage of baffling forms and documents they need. Source: VIMEO.

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