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In the News
Higher Education
Racial Equity
2019
OPINION: Black students’ ‘unprecedented and unequal’ college debt should cause alarm
February 19, 2019
OPINION: Black students’ ‘unprecedented and unequal’ college debt should cause alarm

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Jobs
K-12
West Virginia
2019
West Virginia teachers are back on strike after sparking protests nationwide
February 19, 2019
West Virginia teachers are back on strike after sparking protests nationwide

In the News
Housing
K-12
Poverty Measurement
2019
1.3 Million Homeless Students: New Federal Data Show a 70 Percent Jump in K-12 Homelessness Over Past Decade, With Big Implications for Academic Performance
February 19, 2019
1.3 Million Homeless Students: New Federal Data Show a 70 Percent Jump in K-12 Homelessness Over Past Decade, With Big Implications for Academic Performance

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Higher Education
Utah
2019
In our opinion: Proposed scholarship could be an intergenerational poverty game changer
February 19, 2019
In our opinion: Proposed scholarship could be an intergenerational poverty game changer

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Job Quality
K-12
California
2019
Wave of teachers' strikes pressure states, school boards to change tune
February 18, 2019
Wave of teachers' strikes pressure states, school boards to change tune

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Hunger
K-12
Poverty Measurement
2019
How a federal free meal program affected school poverty stats
February 18, 2019
How a federal free meal program affected school poverty stats

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Higher Education
Public Benefits
California
2019
Delivering on the California Dream
February 15, 2019
Delivering on the California Dream

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Higher Education
2019
Why are tribal college students slow to ask for financial aid?
February 15, 2019
Why are tribal college students slow to ask for financial aid?

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Higher Education
2019
So You Want to Offer an Income-Share Agreement? Here’s How 5 Colleges Are Doing It.
February 15, 2019
So You Want to Offer an Income-Share Agreement? Here’s How 5 Colleges Are Doing It.
In the News
Jobs
K-12
Colorado
2019
Denver teachers back at work after winning deal with raises
February 15, 2019
Denver teachers back at work after winning deal with raises
In the News
Jobs
K-12
West Virginia
2019
West Virginia teachers who started a wave of strikes last year just authorized a new labor action. Here’s why, from an educator.
February 15, 2019
West Virginia teachers who started a wave of strikes last year just authorized a new labor action. Here’s why, from an educator.
In the News
Jobs
K-12
Colorado
2019
Denver Teachers Reach Tentative Deal To End Strike
February 14, 2019
