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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

Category: Map to the Middle Class

The Map to the Middle Class is a project that will explore what it takes to get to the middle class in an evolving economy
The story of work is one of deepening economic polarization. Good jobs are disappearing for people with only a high-school diploma, while wage and employment gains increasingly accrue to people with higher education. In this series, we’ll explore how trends such as automation could reshape the types of jobs that are available. And we’ll find out how schools can help young people prepare for a landscape where middle-class life is increasingly out of reach.

Posted inJill Barshay

PROOF POINTS: Lessons from college dropouts who came back

by Jill Barshay May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

Ron Floyd dropped out of New Jersey’s Seton Hall University after his junior year more than 20 years ago. His father, the family’s primary breadwinner, had just been laid off from work. Floyd said he lost interest in his studies, was doing poorly in his classes and didn’t want to burden the family with tuition […]

Posted inHigher Education

Decoding the price of college: Complexity of figuring out costs holds students back

by Olivia Sanchez May 16, 2022May 18, 2022
Posted inSolutions

The future of work starts early in this California school district — just ask a fifth grader

by Liz Willen April 28, 2022April 28, 2022
Posted inOpinion

STUDENT VOICE: Is anyone out there? We need help figuring out our futures in Hispanic communities like mine

by Carolyn Dorantes February 7, 2022April 10, 2022
Posted inFrom The Editors Desk

COLUMN: Helping middle schoolers think about a future beyond the pandemic

by Liz Willen January 23, 2022February 9, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Another million adults ‘have stepped off the path to the middle class’

by Jon Marcus January 22, 2022February 1, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: A master’s degree gives students an edge with fast-moving technology

by Oliver Yao January 17, 2022January 12, 2022
Posted inSolutions

This Texas community college group is offering free tuition – and much more

by Wayne D’Orio January 14, 2022January 14, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Pennsylvania’s school funding is a case study in the future of inequality

by Erika M. Kitzmiller January 10, 2022February 9, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Long disparaged, education for the skilled trades is slowly coming into fashion

by Jon Marcus December 31, 2021February 9, 2022

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