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In Delaware, Career and Technical Education Includes Environmental Literacy mdrc.org/work/publicati…

Our new RCT evaluation finds that remote pretrial supervision can be used in place of hybrid supervision while achieving the same levels of court appearance and avoidance of new felony charges.

w/ Arnold Ventures #criminaljustice #bailreform mdrc.org/work/publicati…

Using In-State Employment Data to Evaluate Workforce Programs: A Case Study of the Portland NEWWS Site

with U.S. Census Bureau & Arnold Ventures mdrc.org/work/publicati…

Colleges are now closing at a pace of one a week, reports Jon Marcus The Hechinger Report.

What happens to the students? hechingerreport.org/colleges-are-n…

Anti-poverty advocates in North Carolina call on lawmakers to change course during legislative short session, reports gregory childress NC Newsline. ncnewsline.com/2024/04/24/ant…

Meet a Gen X ALICE in Michigan who struggles to pay for prescriptions and can only afford one meal a day: 'I make too much to get help.' businessinsider.com/middle-class-a… via Allie Kelly @businessinsider

Lawmakers kill minimum pay raise in Louisiana, where one in five people live in poverty, reports Greg Hilburn The Shreveport Times. shreveporttimes.com/story/news/202…

Disparities across DC wards fuel poverty problems, DC Hunger Solutions report finds. wjla.com/news/health/po… via Victoria Sanchez 7News DC

Utah’s rate of childhood poverty has improved — except in these school districts, reports Megan Banta The Salt Lake Tribune. sltrib.com/news/2024/04/2…

“The value proposition of #highered is in question more than I would argue it ever has been before,” said Taylor Odle UW–Madison. “[But] the benefits that yields to individuals, the benefits that yields to society are kind of uncontested.” wpr.org/education/high… via WPR

To improve transfer in the state, higher education leaders in Texas are working on curricular pathway plans for eight degree programs, helping students earn a degree faster, with less debt, reports Ashley Mowreader Inside Higher Ed. insidehighered.com/news/student-s…

May 3 Webinar, 4 pm (ET): The Future of Private Student Lending in Higher Education future-ed.org/event/webinar-… via FutureEd

.Dalio Education's CT Opportunity Project (@ctopportunity) partnered with MDRC to conduct an evidence-focused scan of the landscape of programs and practices that affect young people who are farthest from opportunities in their community. mdrc.org/work/publicati…

Tennessee 4th-graders await test scores — and outcome of debate on policies that could hold back thousands, reports Marta W. Aldrich @chalkbeatTN. chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024…

After voucher pause, Houston Housing Authority lowers payment standard houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

On this episode of the Education Gadfly Show, Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at Fordham and the American Enterprise Institute, joins us to discuss the state of curricular reform.

fordhaminstitute.org/national/resou…

New KC housing subsidies set by ZIP code could avoid segregating renters, reports Mili Mansaray The Beacon Kansas City. New federal rules adjust Section 8 vouchers to better reflect neighborhood cost differences, but might make subsidies available to fewer tenants. kcbeacon.org/stories/2024/0…

The importance of cost effective childcare services, by Sabreen Dawud AFRO News. afro.com/childcare-cost…

Illinois’ children and toddlers are experiencing more delays in getting early intervention services, reports Samantha Smylie Chalkbeat Chicago. chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/0…

Half-cent sales tax increase proposed in St. Louis for early childhood education, reports Joey Schneider FOX2now. fox2now.com/news/missouri/…