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

The Hechinger Report

In middle school, he was selected for the Rutgers Future Scholars Program, which provides academic support and college scholarships to low-income students. Despite the program’s guidance, he missed a lot of class in high school, got some Ds and Fs, and was barely accepted to Rutgers University-Newark. West had tried to adapt.