President Obama’s inaugural address was the first glimpse of his plans for the next four years. In one particular paragraph, he specifically mentioned equal pay, marriage equality, climate change, voting rights, immigration and education. What did you think of the speech and what are you looking for in the year ahead? LIKE if you agree with these priorities and COMMENT if you want other ones… 

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Education now plays a large role in creating and preserving class divisions and low income students are finishing college less often, even when they receive higher test scores than their affluent peers.  In fact, there is evidence that low-income Americans have less chances of upward mobility than their counterparts in Canada and Western Europe. What’s your opinion? LIKE if all students should have the chance at the American dream & REBLOG with your ideas on how to achieve this?

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Congress has 2 months to create another fiscal deal to keep the US from defaulting on our debt OurTime.org polled its members who said they want to see a fiscal cliff deal that leans on cutting defense spending and raising taxes — with fewer cuts to education and workforce training. What’s your opinion? REBLOG & tell us what actions you want Congress to take.

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According to PolicyMic, for Millennials to get “the best deal” from the fiscal cliff agreement, it needs to include an increase to minimum wage, and it should refrain from cutting education, workforce training and transportation.  LIKE if you agree & COMMENT if you have other ideas.

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The 2013 spending cuts will have devastating effects on education and job training programs that are not only important to Millennials, but for overall economic growth. What do you think of the automatic spending cuts that will take place?

LIKE if education and job training programs are too important to cut & make sure to take our FB poll to tell us which cuts you would make!

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Everyone’s talking about the “Fiscal Cliff” but only a few are talking about the effects of the automatic cuts on education. Programs such as Head Start, Title I funds for poor students, and grants for special education could receive $2.7 billion in cuts.

LIKE if education should be part of the conversation & COMMENT if it’s okay to make these cuts.

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In California, Milliannials decided to write the menu as they turned out to vote for the Prop 30 ballot initiative—if it had failed, it would have resulted in $6 billion in cuts to K-12 schools and higher education.

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Students at for-profit colleges are racking up huge amounts of debt in exchange for an inferior education that doesn’t lead to jobs, while the exes. & shareholders make huge profits. The University of Phoenix announced that it will close 115 locations due to low enrollment rates and a large loss in profits. Well, you know what they say about karma… 

LIKE if you agree that for-profit schools take advantage of their students.

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It’s a mandatory requirement that students receive counseling before taking out U.S. government student loans, but over 40 percent of borrowers never receive such counseling.

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It’s the first time in 15 years that college enrollment numbers have dropped. LIKE=Education should be a priority! REBLOG=The Presidential candidates should talk more about their plans for higher education.

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The percentage of graduates who can’t pay back their student loans has risen for the sixth straight year, with high unemployment rates among graduates linked as a contributing factor. LIKE if you have student loan debt & COMMENT to tell us your story.

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The Huffington Post reports that cuts in education (during the great recession) have led to loss of more than 300,000 teachers, significantly increasing classroom sizes. COMMENT to let us know your thoughts…

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The U.S. News and World Report College Rankings list is back. What do you think of this list?

 FAVORITE= This rankings value the wrong priorities.

COMMENT= This rankings are spot-on! 

SHARE= I’m fed up with the U.S. News and World Report!

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