North Carolina Needs an Attendance Plan for Elementary Schools
By Rachel Hammond In the 2015-2016 school year, 11.2% of elementary school students in North Carolina were chronically absent, missing 18 or more days of […]
Education
The 2020 Candidates on Higher Education
By Maria Valle and Reyna McKinnon With higher education costs and student debt reaching record highs, nearly all 2020 Democratic Primary candidates have plans to […]
Fall 2019 Journal: Race, Segregation, and Education in Georgia
This article is the fourth article featured in our Fall 2019 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Journal Archive” tab above. by Joseph […]
Fall 2018 Journal: Federalism in School Finance
By Justin Lam Edited by Randall Tran and Chenchen Zhang School funding is inextricably intertwined with systems of racial and socioeconomic segregation — and is […]
Retaining Teachers of Color in Public Schools
By Emily McCaffrey “I am reminded of Audre Lorde’s words, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.” I do not want my self-preservation […]
A Renewed Call to Invest in California School Integration
By Liz Koenig Despite the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, California remains one of the […]
Why U.S. Ed Reform Falls Short: An International Comparison
By Sam Finn The education reform movement in the United States is internationally unusual. Comprised of zealous educators, wealthy individuals, and politicians from both parties, […]
Seeking Comprehensive Solutions for Systemic Problems in Education
By Joseph Monardo We speak of an education system in the United States, a phrasing that highlights an important degree of interconnectedness. The system that […]
Unintended Consequences of Universal Pre-K
By Eunice Roh In recent years, universal access to preschool has been heralded as a promising solution to closing the achievement gap between students from […]
The True Cost of Bad “Cost of Attendance” Estimates
By Celeste Middleton What Does “Cost of Attendance” Mean? For students choosing a college, the cost of attendance estimate (or “sticker price”) provided by their […]