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OPINION: The simple steps that encourage young learners to break equity barriers

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Rita’s Catholic School in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. The class of 2028 will, no doubt, have a maze of postsecondary options to help them unlock their dreams and ambitions. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. And it’s not for lack of aspirations. There is a gap between what students aspire to achieve and what they accomplish.

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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

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Note: Figures include charter schools. The Ravenswood City School District, which has about 1,600 students in its elementary and middle schools (excluding charters) in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, saw chronic absenteeism spike from just 471 out of 2,549 (18.5 Graphic by Zoe Morgan of Embarcadero Media.

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As EPA pulls back, advocates warn it’s schoolchildren who face the steepest risks

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Kaitlyn Joshua is a native of the southeast corridor of Louisiana dubbed Cancer Alley, and has spent the last few years leading the fight against a hydrogen and ammonia facility being built within 2,000 feet of an elementary school in Ascension Parish. Joshua says she is horrified about the recent deregulation measures the U.S.