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Fearing FAFSA: Will Applying Harm My Parent?
Among the good news that application rates are up now that the FAFSA revisions are complete is the sobering news
Education & Class
In the Messy Social Spaces Between Constraint and Opportunity
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Walling Off School Districts for Privileged Kids
There is a school district in Arizona that served only 9 students last year. There are only three houses in
Beekeeping Programs and the Arts: Private Fundraising for Public Schools
In New York City, a small number of PTAs --2.5% of all public schools in the city – raised almost
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
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