‘Opportunity gap’ between rich and poor children can come down to six missed chances.
The opportunity gap was a more powerful predictor of educational attainment than childhood poverty.
Schools on average planned to spend 18% of the COVID aid package on facilities.
There’s little evidence directly connecting most pre-K-12 skills to measures of success in adulthood.
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The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels...
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The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights releases a report highlighting the disparate impacts the COVID-19 pandemic and response had on...
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The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University looks at the unique challenges low-income students face as they work through...