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OPINION: The pandemic gave graduating high school seniors new strength and resilience

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Online-schooling shoved students out of familiar classroom settings straight into independent, self-directed learning. That left students powering through learning challenges by texting classmates for help, forming Zoom study groups and capitalizing on free internet resources to help clarify difficult material. Dr. Jill Grimes, M.D.,

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

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But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

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Chronically absent: Is quality education possible in juvenile detention in Mississippi?

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He had joined the band and learned to play the trombone, but he hardly ever got to play it anywhere. He was hardly in the door, he said, when he learned the principal wanted to see him. Related: Dropouts try to find their way back to school. He says he could communicate but not empathize with his younger classmates.

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New routes to success in learning are popping up around the country

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The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Having access to a social network of other people who have dealt with similar experiences is very beneficial.”. Step 6: Create a grammar handbook to describe five Parts of Speech.

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OPINION: Many student-parents drop out because they don’t have enough time for their schoolwork, research shows

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Another approach to improve access to child care is to modify the federal financial aid system. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. As things stand, existing on-campus child care centers meet only about 5 percent of actual need. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

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