News you might be missing – late Monday edition

man-person-school-head.jpgIn this edition of NYMBM, stories about those disabled by gun violence, how racial disparities in school discipline are being investigated less under Betsy DeVos, and how – and this will shock some people — many students opting for skilled trades instead four year degrees are making more money and carrying less debt at an earlier age.

An advocate for the disabled wants survivors of gun violence to share their stories/KHN.org 

https://khn.org/news/texas-disability-groups-want-a-voice-at-the-table-in-gun-debate/


Racial disparities in school discipline, investigated under Obama administration, not so much under Trump education department/ ProPublica.org

https://www.propublica.org/article/shutdown-of-bryan-texas-schools-probe-shows-trump-administration-pullback-on-civil-rights


High-paying jobs go begging while young people line up for bachelor’s degrees/The Hechinger Report

http://hechingerreport.org/high-paying-jobs-go-begging-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-bachelors-degrees/


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Author: nickpattersonfreelance

I'm a professional reporter, writer, editor, teacher, storyteller. A former travel and features editor for Southern Living, I started Velleity because people keep offering me travel stuff and you may as well benefit from it.

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