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Stephen Downes

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Cue the paid sceptic from a 'Washington think tank', of course, but I think that New Mexico's free college tuition initiative is a giant step in the right direction. As one supporter says,  "It used to be that a high school degree could allow a young adult to enter into the middle class. We are no longer in that situation. We don't ask people to pay for fifth grade and we also should not ask people to pay for sophomore year."

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