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STUDENT VOICE: The path to health equity begins in K-12 classrooms

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SSTRIDE introduces middle and high school students to real-world medical environments, giving them firsthand exposure to health care settings that might otherwise feel distant or inaccessible. Surya Pulukuri is a member of the class of 2027 at Harvard Medical School. It begins in the classroom.

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The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

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What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and high schools across the country? percent fewer public school students a decade from now. The organization predicts the number of high school graduates to help colleges plan for the number of students in the future. million in 2019. That’s a 8.5

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

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Middle-skills jobs, which include positions in fields such as health care, IT, and sales, require some training or education beyond high school, although not necessarily a B.A. Any shift in the workforce to the advantage of workers without degrees carries obvious implications for economic mobility and equity.

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Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books

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In this day and age the bachelor’s degree is what the high school diploma used to be and the master’s degree is what the bachelor’s degree once was,” said Armstrong. That’s among the signs that persuading students to go to graduate school is getting harder. Applications to U.S. Graduate students at St.

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Trust issues

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Arlee High School is a public school on the Flathead Reservation. Six tribes, including CKST, have sued the state of Montana for failing to implement its Indian Education for All curriculum in public schools over the past few decades, despite a mandate to do so. Still, “it’s not that the tribes want money.