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High schoolers can take dual-enrollment courses for college credit. Many undocumented students cannot

The Hechinger Report

Alexa Maqueo Toledo was a junior in high school in Tennessee when she enrolled in Spanish 4, the first course she’d take that offered students the chance to earn both high school and college credit at the same time. She remembers hearing that the college credit was free, and it seemed like a great opportunity to knock some college credits out of the way early.

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The use of the word "Necessary" in the opening of the Dec of Independence was no accident.

Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog

And this is only the beginning!This is a deep-ish dive into the historical AND literary meaning/structure of the Dec of Independence. Basically a word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase analysis. I cannot emphasize enough how informative this is on so many levels. Great for Social Studies AND for English Composition/Literature. Enjoy! It is not too long!