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What do we know about "credit recovery"? Not much.
Last week I did a story about credit recovery and one high school's use of the online, after-school program to keep students at risk of failing "recover"…
Adding to the list of things we don't know about crime and justice in America
Over the weekend, The Washington Post published an analysis of every shooting death at the hands of a police officer since the start of the year. The Post…
Teachers say they do not get enough training around special ed issues
I want to give a huge shout-out to all the teachers who took our recent State of Opportunity survey about special-education training. You ROCK! We got a…
"It takes more than love:" Why Michigan foster families need more help
THIS STORY WAS UPDATED ON 6/15/15If you’re tired of reading articles about how Michigan’s foster care system needs to improve, bear with me. This one has…
Money matters when it comes to high quality education
The Washington Post ran a story this week, highlighting disparities in public education funding and calling it "one of the sleeper civil rights issues of…
Tech & Opportunity: what is "technical entitlement"?
Two related blog posts on technology and opportunity worth highlighting this week come from Tess Rinearson, a software engineer for the blogging platform…
Think Again: do poor kids have any technical opportunities?
For today's "Think Again," we're using this space to return your attention to stories you might have missed about technology and opportunity. One readers…
Outtakes: Ameera grills her little brother
As you may have heard, last week we aired a radio documentary about the third graders at Congress Elementary in Grand Rapids.Audio from the documentary…
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Student and school prepare for a father's deportation
This story has been updated to reflect new information. Our State of Opportunity project has been following the story of a little boy named Charlie. His…
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Think Again: Surprised that Oklahoma is way ahead in preschool access? We're not.
The New York Times has caught up to the fact that politically conservative states, namely Georgia and Oklahoma, are way ahead of the rest of the nation in…
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