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In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S.

The Hechinger Report

There will be a 10 percent drop in the number of high school graduates from 2026 to 2037, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. college and university enrollment, which has fallen by more than 11 percent since 2000, is projected to drop by as much as 15 percent between 2026 and 2037.

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Mandatory kindergarten and home economics: What Mississippi lawmakers have proposed for 2017

The Hechinger Report

195 would require all secondary schools located in D- and F-rated school districts to teach home economics to students, based on a curriculum that would be developed by the state Board of Education. Home economics in failing districts: House Bill No. Topics would include cooking, child development, sewing and budgeting.