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Institutions for foster kids aren’t doing enough to educate them

The Hechinger Report

And government oversight is lacking. When asked in a survey about the monitoring and sanctioning of residential schools, the Pennsylvania Department of Education told Hechinger/HuffPost to contact the state Department of Human Services. Students complain of being kept on campus when they could be attending neighborhood schools.

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Seeking asylum in a time of Covid

The Hechinger Report

Asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico have suffered at least 1,544 incidents of rape, murder, torture or other violent attacks — including 341 kidnappings or attempted kidnappings of children, according to Human Rights First. At his junior high, Joaquín’s favorite class is reading. People died in MPP. New, cautious hope.