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How the pandemic has altered school discipline — perhaps forever

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That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

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Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. The department did not respond to a request for comment on the rescinded transition guidelines or the administration’s plans for IDEA oversight. At least two dealt directly with the transition from high school to college or career.

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COLUMN: Isolated in dorm rooms or stuck at home, some freshmen wonder if college is worth it

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Fogel, 18, can recite a list of typical college experiences she has missed out on: study groups, small seminars, office hours with professors, parties, football games, a chance to meet new people from around the world. Credit: Jennipher Acheampong. Concerns remain that college campuses are coronavirus superspreaders.

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Is the effort to curb strict discipline going too far, too fast?

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McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Good morning, Mahlet,” says one student to another at McMicken Heights Elementary School. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. BURIEN, Wash. — Weekly Update.

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What it’s like to be a transgender student in Mississippi

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In elementary and middle school, Knight was one of the smartest people I knew. He hated using the girls’ bathroom, especially when people would come in groups-—though, he admits, that might have had less to do with being trans as just not liking crowds in general. He looks exactly like his mother.