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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

HechingerEd Blog | Will this generation be the first to be less educated than their parents?

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Will this generation be the first to be less educated than their parents?

In July, reporter Jon Marcus wrote a piece for The Hechinger Report looking at Obama’s college graduation goal and how much progress has been made.

The news wasn’t so good.

Now he’s been interviewed by Boston NPR’s Here and Now program about the fact that this generation could be the first to be less educated than their parents.

From the Here and Now site (where you can listen to the interview):

It’s back to college time and more students