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By PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs @ReportingLabs
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HAPPENING NOW: and hosting a conversation with ’s and ’s on what opportunity looks like for K-12 students in America. Follow along at #OpportunityinAmericaChat!
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Feel free to comment and ask questions throughout the chat using the hashtag #OpportunityinAmericaChat and either we’ll answer or .
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First question goes to Q1: What are the biggest challenges facing high school students today? #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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A1. For the past several years, a majority of the nation’s schoolchildren have been classified as low-income. They face the dual challenges of experiencing a growing wealth gap and while being unable to pay for unaffordable college #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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After finishes answering the first five questions then will ask our second guest from the last five questions. #opportunityinamericachat
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. points to an increasing vulnerable population: college students, a growing number of whom are experiencing #foodinsecurity: to.pbs.org/2EU75wC #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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Second question Q2: What do you think will be the most important education story next year? #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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Second question @rklein90 Q2: What do you think will be the most important education story next year? #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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A2. Teacher strikes have the potential to shake-up how the public views our education system. I will also be watching how presidential candidates relate to education issues, and how ESSA is playing out in states around the country. #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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A2. Mental Health of Students. Our dedicated time to this issue in our first podcast. They said it’s the most urgent issue affecting teens—especially high-achieving, low-income students #OpportunityinAmericaChat
chalkbeat.org/posts/chicago/
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Third question : Q3: What do the recent teacher strikes reveal about broader issues in the American public school system? #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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A3. General public misunderstands what good teachers do all day. They’re all like, “But you only work until 3:30.” 🙄 Strikes are about getting schools the resources students need. And yes—teacher pay matters. #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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and on the flip side, an essay from a Denver teacher on why she didn't join her colleagues on the picket line back in January #OpportunityinAmericaChat chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2019/
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A4: In addition to our Opp in America series, ' Making It Work series includes great stories about the changing workforce and pathways to economic stability. #opportunityinamericachat
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A4. This article highlights and their innovative ways to support first-gen, low-income students affordably #OpportunityinAmericaChat
latinousa.org/2017/08/22/two
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This video from student reporters at Middle Creek H.S. in North Carolina shares how students are training for trade programs as the older generation is retiring: bit.ly/2XQKmKs #OpportunityinAmericaChat
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