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OPINION: Higher ed partnerships will help the arts survive Trump’s budget cuts

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They’ve endured a number of Republican-led efforts to reduce arts funding since the 1990s, and in keeping with this tradition, President Trump’s budget blueprint, released in March 2017, proposes significant cuts to virtually every agency except Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs.

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STUDENT VOICES: I don’t think you need an A+ in calculus to work a normal job

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A photojournalist, she’s at work on an oral history book project, interviewing scores of public school students, from kindergarten through 12th grade, across the country. As far as economic diversity, I feel like for the most part people that go to Mount Abe aren’t that rich. school system is a “mess.” Do they feel that way?