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The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class ones

The Hechinger Report

The proportion of middle-class high school graduates heading straight to college at all — meaning those from families in the middle 60 percent of income — is gradually declining, sliding from a high of 67 percent in 2010 to 62 percent in 2015. Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM. Federal data show they are less also likely to drop out.

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Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

The Hechinger Report

The program was also offered in 2016 and 2017. The website for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History features a collection of essays, primary sources and teaching materials for educators teaching Reconstruction to students in high school and college. Twenty-five teachers will be selected to attend.

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