December 2012

Why underserved students need support

December 23, 2025

Today’s New York Times features a front-page story about a South Texas trio that is academically able, but who face a litany of challenges as they seek to get a college education. It’s a story that is repeated way too often in the United States, where a college education can open the door to the [...]

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Pushing High Achieving, Low Income Students to Competitive Colleges is Critical

December 19, 2025

A new study by Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University and Christopher Avery of Harvard University highlights how low income students with high academic ability never apply to a single competitive college. We need to be sure that the high achieving, low income students in our high schools are being encouraged to apply to competitive colleges. [...]

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Cradle to Career approach as a competitive advantage

December 11, 2025

Sometime during the next few weeks, the U.S. Department of Education is expected to announce 15 to 25 winning applications for a federal Race to the Top-District. Winners will be awarded close to $400 million “to support locally developed plans to personalize and deepen student learning, directly improve student achievement and educator effectiveness, close achievement [...]

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Head Start Report Recommendations Aligned with Cradle to Career Collective Impact

December 5, 2025

The Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation, established two years ago, recently released an outstanding final report containing recommendations for the future of the federal Head Start and Early Head Start programs. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius lays out 3 broad recommendations: a data-driven focus on school readiness and [...]

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