Day care, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teens

Image caption: History teacher Trevor Bradley holds a student’s baby while his class completes coursework at Lumen High School. Image credit: Camilla Forte / The Hechinger Report. Article by Neal Morton, The Hechinger Report. The 19th News – May 28, 2024. Original article: The Hechinger Report.

Before giving birth to her daughter, Kaleeya Baldwin, 19, had given up on education. She’d dropped out of school as a seventh grader, after behavior problems had banished her to alternative schools. Growing up in foster homes and later landing in juvenile court had convinced her to disappear from every system that claimed responsibility for her. […]

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