[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]In our final unit, we are going to uncover strengths and weaknesses in the educational system. Specifically, we will be reading the following:

1. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/10/19/student-loan-crisis-overshadows-real-borrowing-issues/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/ [read for 4/24]
2. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/10/why-debt-balloons-after-graduation-for-black-students/505058/ [read for 4/24]
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/06/13/obama-administration-issues-rules-to-overhaul-student-debt-forgiveness/?utm_term=.bf543562f730 [read for 4/26]
4. https://hbr.org/2013/03/its-time-for-tenure-to-lose-te [read for 5/1]
5. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/higher-education-college-adjunct-professor-salary/404461/ [read for 5/1]
6. http://www.nea.org/home/33067.htm [read for 5/1]
7. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/how-liberal-arts-colleges-are-failing-america/262711/ [read for 5/3]
8. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/22/business/a-rising-call-to-promote-stem-education-and-cut-liberal-arts-funding.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=454CB498C973AFC9560172A66F896DFF&gwt=pay [read for 5/3]
9. https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/23/standardized-testing-not-enemy/PyyI1UvMxjoQvgjwEM8cHJ/story.html [read for 5/8]
10. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/race-and-the-standardized-testing-wars.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=501C38B270F04AD56856AC673CBB2B56&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion [read for 5/8]
11. http://www.salon.com/2014/09/13/why_i_hate_standardized_tests_a_teachers_take_on_how_to_save_public_education/ [read for 5/8]

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