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OPINION: In higher ed, lower enrollment isn’t the only sign of trouble

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institution — Oxford University — as the best in the world in 2016-17. And in the 2018 rankings, Oxford University remained number one, while the University of Cambridge ranked second (jumping from fourth place in 2016-17). The Times Higher Education / World University Ranking ranked, for the first time in 12 years, a non-U.S.

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Segregation in Steel Valley: How these Pittsburgh-area elementary students are separated by race and academic performance

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We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. Steel Valley school officials point to the fact that Barrett students’ proficiency rates on state tests and their SPP increased in 2016-17.

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Put more gender studies in schools’ sex ed courses

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Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. Eight transgender people have died this year, and 22 transgender people died last year in the United States because of violence , according to the Human Rights Campaign. It was the most ever recorded, according to the advocacy group.