Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Ron Haskins
Ron Haskins: Disadvantaged college students are often failed early in their academic careers. Our findings show that many K-12 school systems produce students who aren’t ready for college.
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Sandy Baum
Sandy Baum, George Washington University: We have to stop thinking that money is the answer. Merely giving students more money to pay for college won’t necessarily guarantee academic success or an uptick in graduation rates.
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Harry Holzer
Harry Holzer, Georgetown University: Colleges need to be responsive to the needs of disadvantaged students, meaning they should provide more career counseling and a curriculum that would better prepare this population for the labor market.
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Cecilia Rouse
Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University: One of the first things we need to do in order to help disadvantaged students succeed in college is to define what it means to be “college ready.”
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Andrea Venezia
Andrea Venezia, California State University: The effort to help disadvantaged college students is impaired because there is no consensus or methodically constructed programs addressing which students to serve, the strategy and the desired outcomes.
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23 school vouchers
Event | August 23, 2012
Matthew M. Chingos
Matthew M. Chingos: Our study of New York City students shows that use of vouchers closed the gap between Hispanic and African-American students who enrolled full-time in a four-year college.
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Federal Policies for Improving the Head Start Program
October 12, 2010
Ron Haskins
Ron Haskins: Early childhood programs have been around for many years, so they have been fully implemented and we know what doesn't work. In these times of record deficits, we should cut programs that are not effective.
Is the American Dream a Myth?
October 19, 2009
Isabel V. Sawhill, Ron Haskins
Haskins and Sawhill agree that the best way out of poverty is through a better educational system. Haskins adds that much more money needs to be spent on early childhood education.
A Discussion with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Event | May 11, 2009
Marshall Smith
Marshall Smith: The primary long-term goal for our educational system should be to graduate more students from high school.
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Expert Q&A | May 1, 2009
Alan Berube
Alan Berube: Community colleges offer educational opportunities to a growing number of students and are a critical part of the national economy and our metropolitan areas.
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Economic Mobility in America
March 20, 2008
Ron Haskins
There are many factors to consider when looking at economic mobility but, Ron Haskins says, a college degree is a virtual guarantee of upward economic mobility.