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Series
Contender volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The Foster Care Education Program at the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) was launched in September 2012 and is dedicated to ensuring that students in foster care are successful in school and life. The term "student in foster care" means that an individual has experienced an out-of-home placement and has been enrolled in a Colorado public school. National research shows that children in foster care are at high-risk of dropping out of school...
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Children and youth in foster care are a relatively small population of students in Colorado's K-12 schools. However, they experience the largest academic achievement gap as a group. The dropout rate for children and youth in foster care continues to be significantly higher than Colorado's state average.
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