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Alma Adams: “I think that it is important that, specifically, when students are going from high school to college, to also educate…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
I think that it is important that, specifically, when students are going from high school to college, to also educate their parents because if you are talking about students from low economic backgrounds, it is a generational effect.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the need to educate parents of low-income students transitioning to college.

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