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Recessionary cuts in public education restored by 2015-16

The Hechinger Report

According to the government’s report, education spending rose for the third straight year in 2015-16 to $11,841 per student in kindergarten through 12th grades. So, this 2015-16 spending represents a 1 percent real improvement over that previous high point. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Weekly Update.

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U.S. ranks No. 13 in new collaborative problem-solving test

The Hechinger Report

In this 2015 photo, fifth graders collaborated on a Rube Goldberg machine in a Pennsylvania elementary school. For example, the United States ranked 39th in math on the 2015 PISA test. Four regions in mainland China, including Beijing and Shanghai, collectively ranked 6th in math and in 2015. Photo: Chris Berdik. ranked 13th.

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Sustainable Development

Anthropology for Beginners

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by humanity (Kahle and Gurel-Atay 2014). Promote sustained inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Sensible use of Natural Resources. The SDGs are: 1.

Economics 100
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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

The Hechinger Report

In doing so, he joined more than 108,000 other students who withdrew from Georgia’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015 with thousands of dollars in federal student debt but no degree. Most economists agree that too few residents with college degrees will slow Georgia’s economic growth, which could affect all residents.

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COLUMN: Financial literacy courses won’t solve the racial wealth gap

The Hechinger Report

Ramsey blamed Americans for their economic struggles amid a pandemic that has decimated the economy and left more than 20 million people unemployed, arguing that “you have a career problem, you have a debt problem, you have a relationship problem, you have a mental health problem, or something else is going on if $600 changes your life.”.

Economics 143
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Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears

Sapiens

These values rest on the belief that humans are apart from natural systems rather than a part of these systems, creating tensions for federal land managers and residents. These tensions point to a fundamental disconnect in understandings of how humans and landscapes are connected. management policies that limit their access.

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How colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change 

The Hechinger Report

Over the past decade, a growing number of professors in fields as diverse as business, English and the performing arts have integrated their teaching with efforts to minimize their campuses’ waste and emissions, at a time when human-created climate change is fueling dangerous weather and making life on Earth increasingly unstable.