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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

Humanities professors across the country have ceaselessly lamented the precipitous decline in undergraduate humanities majors in recent years. During the decade following the Great Recession of 2008, the number of humanities bachelor’s degree recipients fell by a whopping 14 percent — from a peak of about 236,000.

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How rural families came to rely on Head Start for basic child care and so much more

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: In Mississippi, with its disproportionately large rural population, Head Start centers have a deep impact on children and families, according to Nita Norphlet-Thompson, the executive director for the Mississippi Head Start Association. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Weekly Update.

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STUDENT VOICES: Kids bring into school what they’re dealing with at home. Teachers don’t get that

The Hechinger Report

I also definitely want to be heavily involved in advocacy for young black youth, or, for youth in general, and just promoting student leadership. Subconsciously, we turn to our teachers to make us better human beings and we look forward to experiences that they will give us. I want to use my master’s degree to change that.

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Eligible for financial aid, nearly a million students never get it

The Hechinger Report

“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy, National College Access Network.

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Eligible for job and college aid, half of Tennesseans with disabilities get nothing

The Hechinger Report

“It’s disheartening to families, and it fosters the ‘check mentality,’ ” said Carrie Guiden, executive director of The Arc of Tennessee, a nonprofit disability advocacy group, referring to government checks. Officials would not say whether the state would again fail to match and thus lose federal funds in 2017. More advocacy.”.

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Wasted time and money on undergraduate classes

The Hechinger Report

Students who obtain a two-year associate’s degree typically complete a whopping 22 excess credits, according to a July 2017 report by Complete College America , an advocacy group that tracks these figures. Prospective students load up on prerequisites, such as human anatomy, in hopes of being accepted into a nursing program.

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How a federal free meal program affected school poverty stats

The Hechinger Report

New York City, for example, began offering its 1 million public school students free breakfast and lunch in 2017. Leave this field empty if you're human: Many sounded alarms that $16 billion a year in federal aid for low-income students could be misdirected to not-so-poor schools. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.