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Lightening the Load Report
A teacher helps a student with schoolwork. Wraparound services allow for fewer health realted issues that cost students instructional time, among other benefits. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Lightening the Load

Wraparound services are extremely beneficial in community schools and help with teacher efficiency, write Theodora Chang and Calyssa Lawyer.

Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline Article
Joe Clark, izquierda, director del Centro de Detención Juvenil del Condado de Essex, conversa con un preso en Newark, New Jersey. (AP/Mike Derer)

Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline

A new initiative aims to improve disciplinary procedures in schools to help end our nation’s alarming dropout crisis, writes Calyssa Lawyer.

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