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COLUMN: The FAFSA fiasco could roll back years of progress. It must be fixed immediately

The Hechinger Report

Related: Simpler FAFSA complicates college plans for students and families “As much staff as government has, it’s not enough for students right now,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the national advocacy group Complete College America.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

ED Surge

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

To boost parent participation, many districts offer webinars and other online instruction to help adults gain fluency in the schools’ digital tools and guide them through available resources. Some of his webinar attendees have noticed that teachers in their schools are using different tools to reach the same students. The Richmond (Va.)

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Child care centers were off limits to immigration authorities. How that’s changed

The Hechinger Report

Since 2011, child care programs were considered off-limits for immigration officials, along with churches and K-12 schools, under the federal governments sensitive locations policy, said Wendy Cervantes, director of immigration and immigrant families at The Center for Law and Social Policy.

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