State Disparities in Resources for Families and Children
One possible measure of the shallowness of privileged families' actual beliefs in "merit" is how intentionally they
Education & Class
In the Messy Social Spaces Between Constraint and Opportunity
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Authoring Our Own First-Gen Graduation Stories
It's graduation season, so I want to repost this piece that I wrote very early in the life
The Simplified FAFSA: Good News
How is the new, long-awaited simplification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working? Pretty well, according to
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Opportunity Hoarding: The Youth Sports Edition
I highly recommend this video from More Perfect Union about how, as budgets for community parks and recreation programs have
Learning about Inclusion Off On Our Own
I follow FirstGen Forward both to learn how campuses are serving first-gen students and to track what this influential national
For-Profit Education, Again
Many young people seem to be deciding to pursue education in the trades, partly because college now seems less practical
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Opportunity Hoarding in K-12 Public Schools
I'm a big fan of studying social class across the spectrum, from privilege to poverty. There are too
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More (!) From and About Education and Class
My project this week has been setting up a Bluesky account for Education and Class. It's a work
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Rewarding the Scholarly and Creative Pursuits of Elite Academics
One of my favorite scholars of higher education policy is Dominique Baker who, along with Christopher Bennett, has just released
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Schools, Climate Change, and Inequality
The last year that I taught kids in public school was in a southern state. My school was not air
a short break
I'm heading out for some travel and will be back with more news about Education and Class in
Working-Class Voters, Viewed From a Distance
At the recommendation of people I deeply respect, I read Joan Willams’ 2025 book Outclassed: How the Left Lost the