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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

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After graduating this spring, she plans to transfer to nearby Western Washington University, where talks are underway to expand recovery supports thanks in part to advocacy from students in the Breaking Free club. She’s thriving in her classes and expects to graduate in 2025. Recovery is painstakingly hard, Badboy said.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

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“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Yet, that idea didn’t play out in most states’ first-year ESSA plans.

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States want adults to return to college. Many roadblocks stand in the way

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It would also help colleges, whose leaders are worried about the declining number of 18-year-olds who will graduate from high school starting in 2025. Related: Proof Points: Lessons from college dropouts who came back Wyatt doesnt contact the university on her behalf.

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