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In the News
K-12
Racial Equity
Florida
2017
Florida’s schools — once integration’s great hope — are resegregating
October 10, 2017
Florida’s schools — once integration’s great hope — are resegregating
In the News
Families
Higher Education
Women
2017
OPINION: Most single moms who enter college don’t finish; here are four ways to reverse this shocking trend
October 10, 2017
OPINION: Most single moms who enter college don’t finish; here are four ways to reverse this shocking trend
In the News
Child and Youth Well-Being
Housing
K-12
New York
2017
10% of New York City Public School Students Were Homeless Last Year
October 10, 2017
10% of New York City Public School Students Were Homeless Last Year
In the News
K-12
Racial Equity
Florida
2017
Leon County schools among Florida's most segregated, says report on economic divide
October 7, 2017
Leon County schools among Florida's most segregated, says report on economic divide
In the News
Housing
Immigration
K-12
California
2017
Learning While Homeless
October 5, 2017
Learning While Homeless
In the News
Immigration
Poverty Measurement
2017
There’s a lesson in Sacramento’s spike in poverty, and it’s more global than you think
October 5, 2017
There’s a lesson in Sacramento’s spike in poverty, and it’s more global than you think
In the News
Families
Pathways to Employment
2017
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Two Generations at a Time
October 4, 2017
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Two Generations at a Time
In the News
Higher Education
Public Benefits
New York
2017
'Biggest-Ever Free College' Program Reaches 6 Percent Of New York Students
October 3, 2017
'Biggest-Ever Free College' Program Reaches 6 Percent Of New York Students
In the News
K-12
Tax and Budget
Kansas
2017
School funding still inadequate and unfair, Supreme Court rules
October 2, 2017
School funding still inadequate and unfair, Supreme Court rules
In the News
K-12
Politics
2017
The dam holding back school choice will soon collapse
October 2, 2017
The dam holding back school choice will soon collapse
In the News
K-12
2017
Preschool’s hidden value may be in combating poverty
October 2, 2017
Preschool’s hidden value may be in combating poverty
In the News
Transportation
2017
Car Dependence Is a Poverty Trap That States Exploit to Raise Money
September 29, 2017
Car Dependence Is a Poverty Trap That States Exploit to Raise Money
