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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

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It’s geography; it’s history; it’s science; it’s cooking; it’s athletics, whatever that broad knowledge is about the world we live in. It comes from lots of different sources, sometimes from families, sometimes communities, sometimes from school. Some postponed starting kindergarten that year.

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An unnoticed result of the decline of men in college: It’s harder for women to get in

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“It really does sort of go counter to so much of the message that colleges want to send forth, which is, ‘Everyone is welcome … and everybody has a chance of getting in,’ ” said Patrick O’Connor, a former private school counselor. Those could include major, geography or high school.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

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It’s about improving education for all kids,” said school district Superintendent Lewis Holloway. John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. Jones came to Starkville High in 2015 from East Oktibbeha County High School. And the Department of Justice bought into that.”. Hope and faith. “We

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Universities that boost the poorest students to wealth are becoming harder to afford

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Stony Brook, located about 60 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island, would like to enroll more low-income students, said Matthew Whelan, the university’s vice president for enrollment strategy and relationship development, but he says it is hampered by geography.

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More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary

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The report shows that 37 percent of workers with a high school diploma have higher earnings than half of those with some college. 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.

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After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels

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Teacher shortage is primarily a function of race and geography,” the authors wrote. Related: Former educators answer call to return to school. These factors are situated squarely in enduring cultural, social, and historical issues of race in Mississippi.”.

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

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For fellow senior Raoul Sandoval, similar warnings came from family members who lived and worked in the school’s Lower West Side, Pilsen neighborhood. Knowing that he had always excelled academically, they urged him to apply for a scholarship to a private school instead. Both get a D, implying a similar lack of understanding.