From & Shubhangi Kumari: How DC policymakers can address the various ways students feel unsafe on their way to school urbn.is/3wJAcPV
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How do DC high school students’ feel traveling to and from school? Shubhangi Kumari and I worked with to shed light on why they feel unsafe.
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Heads-up Education Researchers committed to working WITH the DC community to answer questions that help practitioners & policymakers drive student improvement. I need a RockStar Research Director. Check out this role & apply or share w/someone you know. urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca
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As the beneficiary of my relatives’ membership in labor unions, I respect my colleague’s efforts to form a union and stand in solidarity with them.
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Emily Gutierrez and I offer 3 ways for the Biden administration to deepen equity efforts in Promise Neighborhoods: urbn.is/3bA8BWp via
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The country needs an education secretary who understands the systemic nature of our current problems, across sectors, via
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.@swartell on community-engaged research: "Lived experience is evidence." (via @TrailblzrsImpct) urbn.is/3qJNVkj
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.: "A quarter of students do not have access to computer or broadband internet at home.... If you don't have a computer & broadband access, it will be very difficult for you to join into virtual classrooms."
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Choice has its benefits but doesn’t tackle structural racism, from
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Although housing vouchers give lower-income families the opportunity to move to areas with higher-performing schools, half of voucher holders in 2016 lived near a school ranked in the bottom 27 percent within their state, likely due to several barriers.
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The housing affordability crisis is affecting schools and disrupting the quality of education. In a panel moderated by , of The Urban Institute and of Northside Achievement Zone discuss policies and practices. #EquitableCommunities
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Merging schools, improving equity: Inside a Chicago community’s effort to dismantle a pattern of segregation urbn.is/33SZOsK (via )
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Matthew Desmond on Eviction Lab’s new national eviction data: “These numbers are scary. And they’re conservative.” #LiveAtUrban
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Less segregated communities aren’t only more inclusive. They’re more prosperous.: urbn.is/2nbsBlo via
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How are we building parent awareness of choice & what it really means? Where's political ed for families in this? #CommDev2017
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Trade-offs made by families traveling to choice schools in Philadelphia in The Burden of Choice #CommDev2017
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Getting ready to talk #schoolclosures for students and communities at Fed Reserve's #CommDev2017 conference
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Check out our new research on school closures in Subtracting Schools from Communities: urbn.is/2nTS0lg via
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Betsy DeVos, a charter proponent, must consider how charter school openings & closings affect kids & communities urbn.is/2jIoWP5
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New analysis on charter school closures shows they're disproportionately affecting poor students, black students.
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Sue Popkin tells Annette's and Chicago's stories in her new book "No Simple Solutions." #liveaturban
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For I wrote about how we can't disentangle the unrest in Charlotte from the resegregation of its schools.
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These are the 100 U.S. school districts that are actively pursuing socioeconomic integration
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Looking forward to hosting tomorrow's discussion on DC ed data and research urban.org/events/washing
#LiveAtUrban tomorrow: #DC’s next generation of education data & research. Register: urbn.is/1LoD8p1
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Housing & Education: Equality 4 All?#CommunityMattersDMV Megan Gallagher Khalilah Harris Weade’ Wallace
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Evaluating the DC School Voucher Program - Great stuff from & at educationnext.org/evaluating-the #DCOSP
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New blog post: Evaluating the DC School Voucher Program, by and of .
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New report: Working to end intergenerational poverty in DC's Kenilworth-Parkside neighborhood. urbn.is/1FXAGgR
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