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Jobs
K-12
2018
Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas
May 2, 2018
Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas
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Cities
K-12
2018
Can a school save a neighborhood?
May 2, 2018
Can a school save a neighborhood?
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Transportation
2018
Lyft commits $1.5 million to help people who lack access to transportation
May 2, 2018
Lyft commits $1.5 million to help people who lack access to transportation
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Jobs
K-12
2018
Unionized Or Not, Teachers Struggle To Make Ends Meet, NPR/Ipsos Poll Finds
May 2, 2018
Unionized Or Not, Teachers Struggle To Make Ends Meet, NPR/Ipsos Poll Finds
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Higher Education
2018
Pell Divide: How Universities Are Failing to Graduate Lower-Income Students
May 2, 2018
Pell Divide: How Universities Are Failing to Graduate Lower-Income Students
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K-12
Racial Equity
New York
2018
First Test for New York Chancellor: A Middle School Desegregation Plan
May 1, 2018
First Test for New York Chancellor: A Middle School Desegregation Plan
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Higher Education
K-12
2018
Commentary: As a Low-Income HS Student, I Had to Overcome Many Barriers to College. Elite Universities Must Do More to Help Those Like Me
May 1, 2018
Commentary: As a Low-Income HS Student, I Had to Overcome Many Barriers to College. Elite Universities Must Do More to Help Those Like Me
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Immigration
New York
2018
New York renews push to help low-income immigrants get citizenship
May 1, 2018
New York renews push to help low-income immigrants get citizenship
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Higher Education
Racial Equity
2018
Filling in this perception gap can help low-income students succeed
May 1, 2018
Filling in this perception gap can help low-income students succeed
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K-12
Racial Equity
2018
A Witness to the Desegregation—and Resegregation—of America's Schools
May 1, 2018
A Witness to the Desegregation—and Resegregation—of America's Schools
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Higher Education
2018
The University of California Stands Out Among Top Schools When It Comes to Serving Poor Students
May 1, 2018
The University of California Stands Out Among Top Schools When It Comes to Serving Poor Students
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Higher Education
Racial Equity
2018
We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this
May 1, 2018
We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this