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When We Pretended that Testing was Equity
Too much of this article 0n changes being observed in college students is anecdotal, but the story does refocus attention
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When $1250/Hour Tutoring Is Masked as "Merit"
On the one hand, admissions policies that consider race have been deemed anti-meritocratic. On the other hand, wealthy parents hellbent
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Tracking Economic Mobility: An Interactive Map
Harvard's Opportunity Insights team and the Census Bureau have collaborated on a powerful Opportunity Atlas that analyzes – at
Book Review: Rising Class
In Rising Class: How Three First Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year, Jennifer Miller writes of Briani (a Latina
AI, Politics and Inequality from Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom has been one of my favorite sociologists for a long time, and her mini-lecture on inequality and
Book Review: Can College Level the Playing Field? by Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson
The context for much of what I think about on this site is articulated in the central question of this
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Clam Bakes and College Admissions
I wrote last week about ongoing struggles for adequate public school funding, both across and within school districts, and how
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The Struggle for Public School Funding, Again
When I first moved to Seattle, I made the rounds of multiple school districts that would be partnering with our
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Rural Students Appearing on the Admissions Radar
In winter when the trees were bare, I could see the field of corn stubble from my bedroom window, just
Book Review: Nice is Not Enough by C.J. Pascoe
Years ago, I did a year of ethnographic research in a historically white high school that understood itself to be