Anya Kamenetz writes about Harvard's recent decision to cut tuition for low-income families. I had not realized that Harvard had a $35 billion endowment. Anya Kamenetz also mentioned on her blog Generation Debt that students who work at McDonalds can get college credit in the UK.
One of the justifications for public schools is that without government support the poor would never get educated. A recent study in India, Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya challenges this claim.
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2 comments:
My sister-in-law graduated High School a year early because she had enough credits from working at McDonald's. This is the same girl who as a freshman at college had never heard of the Odyssey or the Iliad.
"This is the same girl who as a freshman at college had never heard of the Odyssey or the Iliad."
I'm afraid she is in the majority of high school graduates these days.
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