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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

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The challenge in presenting a program as ‘free’ is it may cause people to underestimate the full cost of attendance,” said Carrie Welton, director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, in an interview with EdSurge. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college.

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Connecting SEL with Academic Achievement to Achieve True Education Equity

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In this role, she works to fill current gaps in research, policy, and advocacy to ensure that schools holistically support the well-being and development of students, and especially for low-income students and students of color. Nancy is a P-12 Research Associate and leads the Social, Emotional, and Academic Development work at EdTrust.

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Silicon Valley aims its tech at helping low-income kids get beyond high school

The Hechinger Report

And some local entrepreneurs, backed by advisors from nearby Stanford University and elsewhere, think technology can help to solve this problem. “There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

billion on elementary and secondary education. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If It’s easier to delay minor building maintenance, bus purchases or technology upgrades.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. Gray is an educational innovation consultant working with schools, organizations, and corporations. Department of Education.

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Can the Right Nudge Help Low-income Kids Go Beyond High School?

MindShift

And some local entrepreneurs, backed by advisors from nearby Stanford University and elsewhere, think technology can help to solve this problem. “There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

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During the “ National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET) Virtual Post-Inauguration Awards and Policy Panel ,” the presenters discussed the intersection of technology and education and what’s needed to create sustainable, equitable access to a 21st century education. Vrain Valley School District (CO).

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