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First Lady Michelle Obama's Summer Appearance at a School Sends GOP Partisans Over the Cliff | K-12 News Network ow.ly/cecJT

90% of poor kids who graduate from college escape poverty as adults. WOW @michaelpetrilli pewstates.org/uploadedFiles/…

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Someone seeking an AA from UoP to become a teacher’s aide can expect to make just shy of $11,000/hryr EdTrust ow.ly/cdTV9 

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It’s true that yes, they escape poverty, but how much does that really mean in a world where poverty lines are set so low, one can be out of poverty and yet find living comfortably impossible? And poverty only takes into account income. How much debt have these students accumulated in college that they cannot now pay off?

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