Why is child care so expensive? And what can we do about it?

Rebecca Gale, reporting fellow at Better Life Lab at New America says that federal investment is necessary to make this system work.

Read the full infographic illustrated by Diane Kirsch, here: edsurge.com/news/2024-05-0…

the removal of Confederate symbols decreased racial resentment, increased support for affirmative action and warm feelings toward Blacks, and decreased anti-Black hate crimes.
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9.7 million Federal Student Aid forms does not mean much if we don't know compared to what, Richard Cordray. What was this number on May 17, 2023?

it's the job of all of us in journalism

This is incredibly needed in our state.

1. Decrease loan debt
2. increase social mobility
3. keep more talented residents in GA.

Hope & Zell are amazing programs & this expansion would make Georgia an even better #highereducation system. UniversitySystemofGA

California's bill to END LEGACY admissions is headed to the full assembly. STANFORD hasn't taken a position on the bill because STUDENTS have made their position clear.
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story draft time y’all! peace and love♥️

As someone who talks often with researchers when reporting, I'd like to respond. Researchers should always feel free to say no to talking to media. I appreciate it always, and never feel entitled to it. But these conversations are not quid pro quos /1

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Finally got a story on the cover of a magazine with Maya Rudolph.

What a small, petty human being.

“As a legacy student myself, I find legacy admissions completely abominable,” Sophie Callcott ’24 told The Daily. “It seems like such an obvious agent of inequality and supports an American aristocracy.” stanforddaily.com/2024/05/16/ins…

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“Judge Nicholas Parrillo said he was going against the objections of the city of Providence and Brown University in issuing the not guilty filing to the protestors”

Love seeing Virginia in all of these articles as an example for other states.

Proud to lead the way with Dan Helmer to make Virginia the first state to ban legacy preferences post the Students for Fair Admissions case.

You shouldn’t have an advantage just b/c of your parents.

Great to see this piece on ABC News about the fight to end birthright privileges in college admissions in New York. It's time to make admissions fairer.
Senator Andrew Gounardes NYCLU Education Reform Now abcnews.go.com/US/new-york-ey…

Opportunity Hoarding and Elite Reproduction: School Segregation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

'In South Africa, elite capture of the high-performing schools reproduces race and class privilege.'

By Rob J. Gruijters, Benjamin Elbers and Vijay Reddy.
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