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    New iPads For Classrooms; College Graduation Gaps; Teachers Lose Grants

    Plus positive trends in school-related crime, and teacher protests around the county, in our weekly education news roundup.
    by Anya Kamenetz Mar 31, 2018 2 minutes
    Maggie Webb, a junior high school math teacher at Clark Avenue School in Chelsea, Mass., volunteered to teach in a high-needs area in exchange for a federal grant called the TEACH grant. But a new report found that Webb and thousands of others had their grants converted to loans because of seemingly minor issues.

    There's good news and bad news in the weekly education news roundup, so read on!

    Thousands of teachers have government grants converted to loans

    An reports that upwards of 12,000 teachers who volunteered to teach in high-needs areas, in exchange for a federal grant called the TEACH grant, had their grants converted to loans

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