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Cross-class Friendships and School Assignment

Cross-class Friendships and School Assignment

Did you know that the U.S. has increased in economic segregation and decreased in opportunity? The U.S. now ranks below Canada, Denmark, and the UK in economic mobility. Today, we’re focusing on how friendships act as a helping hand toward upward mobility, and how schools could play a role in change.

When Skipping School Means Learning More

When Skipping School Means Learning More

“The fact that I am learning so much better away from the classroom shows that something is wrong with our system,” wrote a 13-year-old to the New York Times about her time in quarantine. What can we do about it?