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More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary

The Hechinger Report

What subjects people study, what fields they enter, even geography — all matter in determining income, said Anthony Carnevale, director of the center and a co-author of the report. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

The book was valuable for state geography and basic vocabulary, she said, but using it to teach about the Civil Rights Movement was out of the question. After the state overhauled its standards, the group called it a leader in civil rights instruction. Her assigned ninth-grade textbook back then?

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