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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

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When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. Black parents hold more student debt than parents or nonparents of any other racial or ethnic group. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt. In recent years, as U.S. student loan debt climbed to $1.6

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

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“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Yet many of those steeped in the work are convinced.

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

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The group has plans to grow those numbers. She credits Fuller as an inspirational figure, and has engaged him in an advisory role as the group seeks to develop a national network of funding and talent pipelines. One of the primary challenges for black-led schools is simply to create awareness that they exist. “It The trade-off.

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