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Earlier this week, my colleague Dustin Dwyer brought you Pushed Out: A documentary on housing in Grand Rapids, our final State of Opportunity documentary.…

When I became a mom, I was surprised – and overwhelmed – by the amount of diapers my daughter went through.And it was expensive.I can't imagine what it…

Tuesday morning, at 8:30, the first bell of the year rings at Congress Elementary in Grand Rapids.Mrs. Howard is lining up her third graders.Last week,…

In Friday's blog posting, we started to look at representations of the poor. These representations shape the public conversation about who "deserves" help…

College is expensive.The national average cost of attending a four-year public college is over $28,000 per year, according to Forbes. The cost of…

Michigan Alliance for Families has created a video, "Making the Most of Early On," with useful info on accessing free resources to help little kids with…

We all know words have meaning. But where I think we can agree we might have to disagree is on the "right" meaning of certain words. We've noticed the…

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…

America is becoming less equal.That much is now widely acknowledged.But what can be done to improve things for the next generation?We’ve been doing this…

Taking turns during a conversation with others. Staying on topic during classroom discussions. Expressing themselves and representing their ideas,…