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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

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So he has no idea if they’re learning. At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. Your stories. algebra equations.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

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This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate. Tameka says she’s unaware of any outreach from Atlanta schools.

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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

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For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It Their failure is my failure.”.

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

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Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report. It’s becoming blatantly apparent that the year they spent in remote learning did not allow them to mature properly,” said Thiebeau, who teaches biology and forensics in a room decorated with animal bones and a taxidermied bear head. Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

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At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. Your stories. Kids were falling behind in math before the pandemic.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

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Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. With this in mind, more school districts and local governments are trying to identify lower-cost learning opportunities that can still vault students into well-paying careers. The post When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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DeVos reported a new investment of between $250,001 and $500,000 in the Michigan-based Neurocore , according to a financial disclosure form that was certified by government ethics officials on Wednesday.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”