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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

The Hechinger Report

Closing that gap and getting kids to continue their training after high school is especially important here: 74 percent of jobs will require post-secondary education by 2020. The state estimates that its population of working adults will be 43 percent non-white by 2040; by 2050 Hispanics will make up 35 percent of its population.

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America’s schools are crumbling. Fixing them could save lives (and the planet)

The Hechinger Report

The firm currently constructing an elementary school in Washington, D.C. The new schools have an airy, futuristic esthetic, with lots of right angles, strategic shade and solar panels. The exterior of Alice West Fleet Elementary School in Arlington, Va. They also look expensive. Credit: Greg Libecci.

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