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These Charts Show The Rise Of Income Segregated Neighborhoods In The US
Suppose that poor neighbors hinder children's educational success because children observe fewer ad…
Harrison Jacobs
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Wealthy high schoolers are upping their application game to 25 colleges this year. It's setting up a big payday for schools while leaving lower-income students behind.
College applications are up 22% since 2019, but only 6% of those are coming from the lowest-income …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Treasury Department invests $9 billion in low-income and minority communities
The Treasury Department's investment in underserved communities allocates part of the $12 billion a…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Another Education Start-up From India Gets Seed Round From Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
Education start-ups
in India
seem to be hottest targets right now, going by the kind of funding the…
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Arlington, Virginia gave people $500 a month. They worked less overtime and pursued education instead, a report found.
A guaranteed basic-income program in Arlington, Virginia that gave people $500 a month with no stri…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A tax on millionaires might soon pay for universal free community college in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts state Senate passed a fiscal budget that includes plans for universal free commun…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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OBAMA: These Are The 17 Things We Can Do To Grow The Economy
The blueprint includes 17 proposals for public investment in manufacturing, education, clean energy…
Grace Wyler
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What Biden's new $1.8 trillion plan could mean for your education, from universal pre-K to free community college
President Joe Biden's American Families Plan proposes $200 billion for universal pre-K and $109 bil…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Trump tweets that people living the 'Suburban Lifestyle Dream' won't have to worry about having low-income neighbors anymore
Trump's tweets were among his most explicit overtures to white fear in his bid to win back suburban…
Grace Panetta
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Community college students are disproportionately struggling right now. As one of their professors, here's my advice for faculty on how to best help them.
Some students have moved into shelters or endured trauma since the pandemic began — and, unfortunat…
Elke Weesjes
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Higher taxes for cheaper childcare? 3 localities are voting on it and we want to hear from you.
Counties in California, Texas, and Minnesota will vote on tax hikes for childcare. We want to hear …
Allie Kelly
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Billionaire Ray Dalio says there's a national emergency no one is talking about during the pandemic: America's jarring inequality
According to the billionaire, capitalism as we know it is in crisis, and there needs to be bipartis…
Marguerite Ward
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Canceling $50,000 in student debt 'makes a lot of sense,' Obama's Education secretary says — and 'the authority is there' for Biden to carry that out
John King told Insider that the pandemic has strengthened the need to deliver relief and correct "a…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Facing a future without affirmative action, students of color say the pressure is on them to fight for diversity: 'To be going backwards in this sort of immense way is really scary'
The Supreme Court overturned race-based affirmative action, saying the practice of considering race…
Yoonji Han,Lauren Frias
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Comcast to launch 29 WiFi hotspots for low-income students in the Washington, DC metro area
The aim of the project is to bring free internet access to low-income students through local commun…
Tim Levin
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I'm the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. Our city is starting a guaranteed income program to fight back against poverty - and the rest of the US should take notice.
Guaranteed income programs have had promising results across the country. That's why we're starting…
Jorge O. Elorza
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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A Bay Area county gave low-income moms $1,000 a month. 2 years later, more families had stable housing and new jobs.
Marin County, California gave 125 low-income mothers of color $1,000 a month for two years. Familie…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Harvard has a brilliant plan for fixing America's schools
To implement the system, Harvard will hire consultants in each of the six cities to act as liaisons…
Chris Weller
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Georgia gave low-income Black women $20,000 over 2 years. A participant said the money helped her afford day care and pay bills.
Shamarra Woods, 31, used her $700 a month in basic income to afford childcare, rent, and groceries …