Plus, a reckoning for community colleges

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Liz Willen Dear reader,

We have two eye-opening stories this week on disrupted education, each demonstrating ways U.S. students are let down by institutions that serve them — first in high school and later, in many of the country’s beleaguered community colleges. As a longtime newspaper writer and someone who still loves the feel of paper, I’m delighted that both of these stories landed on front pages of major U.S. newspapers – the Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times, respectively.

First, spend time with Tara García Mathewson’s blockbuster investigation ([link removed]) on ways California schools are disciplining some students by pushing them out of their own high schools and to new campuses or smaller, alternative schools. Some defend these involuntary transfers as a gentler alternative to expelling them outright, yet critics say they are being carried out with little or no due process.

Poor success and completion rates are plaguing our nation’s community colleges, for different reasons. A story ([link removed]) from Hechinger’s Jon Marcus looks at a so-called reckoning for these institutions, where only a small fraction of students go on to receive a bachelor’s degree and fewer than half earn any kind of credential. The story is the first in a series on community colleges called “Saving the College Dream,” produced in partnership with Education Labs and journalists at The Associated Press, AL.com, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News in Texas, The Seattle Times and The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina.

Also this week, we take a look at ways climate change is disrupting education ([link removed]) in Puerto Rico – and what that could mean elsewhere as schools face floods, fires and other traumatic natural disasters. As always, we want to hear your stories as well, so please, sign up ([link removed]) for our newsletters and get in touch!

Liz Willen, Editor

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** Hidden expulsions? Schools kick students out but call it a ‘transfer’ ([link removed])
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In California, amid pressure to reduce exclusionary discipline, some schools take advantage of an underregulated transfer process
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** ‘The reckoning is here’: More than a third of community college students have vanished ([link removed])
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Among those who do enroll, red tape and a lack of support are crushing their ambitions



** Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face? ([link removed])
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Puerto Rico’s school system, the sixth largest in the U.S., is reeling from repeated natural disasters and enrollment losses. Can new federal attention help?



** The culture wars are driving teachers from the classroom. Two campaigns are trying to help ([link removed])
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A new legal defense fund and a One Million Teachers of Color campaign seek to support and recruit teachers, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds



** OPINION: Schools should be shaped with help from the people they serve ([link removed])
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Top education officials in Kentucky and Vermont call for more family and community involvement in school decision-making



** OPINION: Post-pandemic, let’s develop true education-to-workforce pathways to secure a better future ([link removed])
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New partnerships will help smooth the way from high school to higher education and careers
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