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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

“If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”. Ending Social Promotion. “You’re always playing this game of catch up, except you never catch up.”.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

. “If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.” ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re But they also know a device alone is not enough.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Education in the Courts. Via The Washington Post : “The National Women’s Law Center filed suit Monday against the Education Department in an effort to force the release of information about federal enforcement of Title IX , a law that governs how schools handle campus sexual harassment and assault.”