Leveling the Playing Field

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  United Way

  

  Poverty The Strongest Factor In Whether High School Graduates Go To College

  huffingtonpost.com - Rebecca Klein

  Students from high-poverty public schools are less likely to attend college than those from wealthier ones, regardless of whether they're from urban, …

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  United Way

  

  California students in high-poverty schools lose learning time, study says

  Los Angeles Times - Teresa Watanabe

  California high schools with high-poverty students lose nearly two weeks of learning time annually because of teacher absences, testing, emergency lockdowns and other disruptions compared with their more affluent peers in other schools, according to a new UCLA study. Although public schools …

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  United Way

  

  The Economic Benefits of Closing Educational Achievement Gaps

  americanprogress.org

  Our nation is currently experiencing growing levels of income and wealth inequality, which are contributing to longstanding racial and ethnic gaps in …

• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/nyregion/community-college-students-face-a-very-long-road-to-graduation.html

  

  United Way

  Oct 6, 2014

• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/opinion/why-poor-students-struggle.html

  

  United Way

  Sep 22, 2014

• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/upshot/a-national-admissions-office-for-low-income-strivers.html?abg=1&abt=0002

  

  United Way

  Sep 16, 2014