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OPINION: If we don’t act quickly, the student loan default system could plunge more families into poverty

The Hechinger Report

Like the well-documented effects of traffic fines and court fees, the penalties resulting from federal student loan default plunge too many Americans deeper into financial instability, perpetuating rather than helping to resolve the vicious cycle of poverty. Families cannot afford to wait.

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PROOF POINTS: New poll points to college and career benefits of Greek life despite criticism

The Hechinger Report

Instances of blatant racist and homophobic behavior are well documented. Gallup characterized the differences in perceptions between fraternity and sorority alumni and their unaffiliated peers as large and consistent with the positive findings of an earlier Gallup poll of college graduates in 2014, also funded by Greek advocacy groups.

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Eligible for job and college aid, half of Tennesseans with disabilities get nothing

The Hechinger Report

State officials at the highest levels have been aware of these problems for years and have repeatedly failed to fix them, according to internal documents. She had spent 12 years as a senior education advocate at the Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee, advising other parents on how to get through the system. More calls.

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How can we close the digital divide?

The Hechinger Report

The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017). “We want to create a sense of urgency to continue to close those gaps,” said Roberto Rodriguez, assistant secretary in the Department of Education’s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.

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Lost in translation: Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English often left in the dark

The Hechinger Report

(Despite promising in 1974 to cover nearly half the extra cost for schools to provide special education, the federal government has never done so.) The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights.

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

This document spells out what services and accommodations students with disabilities must get from their school districts. Sometimes, as with the McBrides, parents are simply told by a school official that their child will be on a new schedule, but the change is never documented anywhere. Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

ED Surge

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families.

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