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Laura Kebede

Memphis
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Distinguished Journalist in Residence at @PSR_Memphis, @Report4America corps member | Southerner except @Mizzou | #Habesha🇪🇹
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By Laura Kebede
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Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis and Coordinator of Civil Wrongs
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‘It’s not there’: A Memphis student scrambles to catch up on missing assignments

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By Laura Kebede
| Chalkbeat
Four months ago, Jalan Clemmons turned a corner of his family’s Memphis apartment into a cozy workspace and prepared to start his first year at Hamilton High School online. He learned to check the assignments tab on his Microsoft Teams student dashboard for work he needed to complete. He participated in class virtually. He thought it was going well.
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‘It’s like we’re not even there’: A Memphis student longs for a fresh start

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By Laura Kebede
| Chalkbeat
Seven months into remote learning, Jalan Clemmons feels like most of his recent education has come from Google searches. When classrooms in Memphis reopened last month, it worsened an already tenuous situation for Jalan, who like nearly three-quarters of middle and high school students in the district is still learning from home. Before, with everyone remote, all students and teachers were on live video conferences.
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