Pandemic Notebook: For Students from Low-Income, Immigrant Families, Getting into College Can Feel like Winning the Golden Ticket. The Pandemic Has Only Raised the Stakes

High school senior Bridgette Adu-Wadier at her desk at home during a virtual school day. (Courtesy Bridgette Adu-Wadier)

By Bridgette Adu-Wadier

January 11, 2021

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Bridgette Adu-Wadier is a senior at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. She is an editor for her award-winning school newspaper, Theogony, and a freelance reporter for The Alexandria Gazette.

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Pandemic Notebook: For Students from Low-Income, Immigrant Families, Getting into College Can Feel like Winning the Golden Ticket. The Pandemic Has Only Raised the Stakes

Untangle Your Mind!

Most Popular

North Carolina to Launch Education Savings Accounts, With Up to $7,500 Per Child

ChatGPT Is Landing Kids in the Principal’s Office, Survey Finds

As Test Scores Crater, Debate Over Whether There’s a ‘Science’ To Math Recovery

FBI and IRS Raid Local Teachers Union Headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida

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