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What we’re really trying to do is to get our youth more people in their corner who understand what they’re experiencing and want to invest in their success. —
It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In 2017, he left teaching to work in educationtechnology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. The homework gap isn’t new. It’s social work.”.
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