Expanding free lunch programs could also reduce stigma for students, lower administrative burdens for schools and create jobs for communities.
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Using the term ‘at-risk’ to describe students from challenging circumstances often creates more problems than it solves, a professor of counseling psychology argues.
Children’s savings account programs are springing up around the country. A researcher says these special accounts could help pave the way to college for America’s poor.
White middle-class parents get an easy time of it when it comes to parental involvement.
A ‘leaky STEM pipeline’ keeps many women, racial and ethnic minorities as well as adults from low-income families from pursuing STEM careers. How early do these leaks begin?
An estimated 838 students per day receive corporal punishment across schools in 19 American states. Why does the practice continue?
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Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Education, University of Glasgow
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Assistant professor, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University