This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. College advising has room for improvement when it comes to engaging students, according to a new national survey from the Center for Community College Student Engagement that collected responses from 113,000 students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students in public elementary schools score higher in tests of both reading and math when a charter school opens nearby, according to research summarized in the journal Education Next. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On February 14th, student groups at 13 elite colleges announced that they are mobilizing against a different type of affirmative-action program: that which privileges the children of alumni. About three-quarters of U.S. News &…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. California’s sweeping education reforms championed by Gov. Jerry Brown have resulted in higher graduation rates and especially sizable gains in math among low-income students in the 11th grade, according to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A report released in February by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) shows that, despite 20 years of increasing local autonomy in administering the SNAP program (also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past two decades, the world has been living through the most dramatic decline in global poverty ever. Since 2000, while global population has increased by 1.4 billion people,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can we gain a comprehensive understanding of the economic life of low- and moderate-income communities and those experiencing disinvestment and limited growth? Information on the economic life and spending…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tackling inequality is not only a moral imperative. It is critical for sustaining growth. Global income inequality has declined in recent years, with the Gini index — a statistical measure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A bill that could have helped close the access gap to gifted education programs stalled out in the Washington state legislature. The bill would have required universal screening for gifted students and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most fundamental of the Detroit Justice Center (DJC) three prongs will be its community legal services practice. The center will work on behalf of criminal-justice involved individuals, free of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the onset of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, third-grade literacy was 41.8 percent. That was nearly five years ago. The literacy rate declined sharply to 10.7 percent last…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Q: Give us the quick and dirty on Coalfield Development Corp. A: Coalfield Corp. is a family of five social enterprises. We are trying to diversify West Virginia’s economy. West…