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New Effort to Examine Postsecondary Value NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

New Effort to Examine Postsecondary Value

In this Inside Higher Ed article, Rick Seltzer writes about how the Gates Foundation is…

Nuo TianMay 16, 2019

Does Higher Ed Really Pay Off? New Gates-Funded Commission Aims to Find Out NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

Does Higher Ed Really Pay Off? New Gates-Funded Commission Aims to Find Out

Catherine Gewertz writes in this Education Week article about a Gates Foundation initiative aiming to…

Nuo TianMay 16, 2019

‘Far Too Many Are Still Being Left Behind’: Getting into College Isn’t Enough NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

‘Far Too Many Are Still Being Left Behind’: Getting into College Isn’t Enough

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Jay Matthews writes about KIPP’s recent report that explores…

Nuo TianMay 16, 2019

SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background

Douglas Belkin writes in the Wall Street Journal about the College Board’s plan to assign…

Nuo TianMay 16, 2019

Fewer Kids Are Choosing College NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

Fewer Kids Are Choosing College

In this Bloomberg article, Justin Fox writes about declining enrollment at less selective and for-profit…

Nuo TianMay 15, 2019

The Depressing Reason the Class of 2019 is Not Doing as Well as the Class of 2000 NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

The Depressing Reason the Class of 2019 is Not Doing as Well as the Class of 2000

Jillian Berman writes in MarketWatch about how the Class of 2019 is not doing as…

Nuo TianMay 15, 2019

Money Can’t Buy an End to Systemic Racism in Education NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

Money Can’t Buy an End to Systemic Racism in Education

Esther Cepeda writes in this Chicago Tribune op-ed about the ways she believes money would…

Nuo TianMay 15, 2019

Report Notes Trends Related to Race, Class and Educational Attainment NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

Report Notes Trends Related to Race, Class and Educational Attainment

In this Inside Higher Ed article, Scott Jaschik writes about the recent CEW report “Born…

Nuo TianMay 15, 2019

7 Out of 10 Wealthy Kindergarten Students With Low Test Scores Were Affluent by Age 25, Study Finds NewsCEW MentionsMedia Coverage

7 Out of 10 Wealthy Kindergarten Students With Low Test Scores Were Affluent by Age 25, Study Finds

Erin Richards writes in USA Today about how nature and nurture affect children’s academic and…

Nuo TianMay 15, 2019