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Jobs
Transportation
2019
Why Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Striking
May 7, 2019

Why Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Striking

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Higher Education
2019
Free College, the Best Version
May 7, 2019

Free College, the Best Version

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Housing
K-12
New York
2019
Rent control is an education solution: Frequently displaced youngsters struggle in school
May 6, 2019

Rent control is an education solution: Frequently displaced youngsters struggle in school

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Immigration
K-12
Poverty Measurement
Maryland
2019
Baltimore school with large immigrant population loses vital funding source
May 6, 2019

Baltimore school with large immigrant population loses vital funding source

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Immigration
LGBT
Maine
2019
Maine Senators Push To Add LGBT People To Fair Housing Act
May 6, 2019

Maine Senators Push To Add LGBT People To Fair Housing Act

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Higher Education
Pathways to Employment
2019
What if we hired for skills, not degrees?
May 4, 2019

What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

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K-12
New York
2019
Charters can help traditional schools: Instead of 'us vs. them,’ both sides of the public education battle should embrace ‘win-win’
May 3, 2019

Charters can help traditional schools: Instead of 'us vs. them,’ both sides of the public education battle should embrace ‘win-win’

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Higher Education
K-12
2019
Teachers Begin To See Unfair Student Loans Disappear
May 3, 2019

Teachers Begin To See Unfair Student Loans Disappear

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Asset Building
K-12
Pennsylvania
2019
At this school, many parents don’t have bank accounts, but the students are learning to be millionaires
May 3, 2019

At this school, many parents don’t have bank accounts, but the students are learning to be millionaires

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Job Quality
2019
Where the Good Jobs Are
May 2, 2019

Where the Good Jobs Are

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K-12
Racial Equity
2019
Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality
May 2, 2019

Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality

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Higher Education
Hunger
2019
Pay Tuition or Eat Dinner? Nearly Half of All State College Students Go Hungry
May 2, 2019

Pay Tuition or Eat Dinner? Nearly Half of All State College Students Go Hungry