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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
10/31/2022
The cost of an American education is rising to dangerous levels
The cost of being a student in the U.S. is getting dangerously high, as inflation strains the budgets of most Americans. College students, many piling on huge loans, are finding themselves scraping by to pay for classes, working long hours each week just to afford school essentials. And, some are sleeping in homeless shelters or their cars and skipping meals because they are unable to pay for student housing that can cost more than the ever-increasing cost of tuition.■Class discussion: Do you know anyone who is struggling to pay for college? Should family wealth determine who gets an education? Why or why not? Thirty-nine nations – some much poorer than the United States - provide college for little or no tuition. Why doesn’t the United States offer taxpayer-paid higher education? Why has U.S. college tuition risen so much more than inflation over the last 50 years? Could denying gifted people higher education harm America’s future?