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Nationally and in Ohio, we work to promote policies and practices that help children born into poverty transcend their disadvantages and enter the middle class as adults, with a particular focus on what role our schools can play. Through publications, events, and commentary, we advocate for proven paths to the middle class, including high-quality career and technical education, a focus on high-achieving disadvantaged students, and the "Success Sequence."

Resources:

  • Education for Upward Mobility
  • The Education for Upward Mobility Conference
  • Career and Technical Education in High School: Does It Improve Student Outcomes?

Our many upward-mobility-related blog posts are listed below.


Fordham’s upward mobility experts:

  • Michael J. Petrilli

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What we're reading this week: April 21, 2022

The Education Gadfly 4.21.2022
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Does all play and no work make Jack a smart boy?

Victoria McDougald 4.14.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #810: College for all or college for some?

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds 3.9.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #805: High schools didn’t get the memo that college isn’t for everyone

Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr., David Griffith, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 2.2.2022
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We all agree that college isn’t for everyone. We should start acting like it.

Michael J. Petrilli 1.27.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #791: Is this the end of gifted education in New York City?

Michael J. Petrilli, Brandon L. Wright, David Griffith, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 10.14.2021
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Education Gadfly Show #789: Too many lost Einsteins

Michael J. Petrilli, Scott Imberman, David Griffith, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 9.30.2021
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What we're reading this week: June 17, 2021

The Education Gadfly 6.17.2021
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The Education Gadfly Show #773: Should schools offer a virtual option this fall?

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Derrell Bradford, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 6.10.2021
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The recovery plans we need and how to develop them

Emily Freitag 6.7.2021
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How any school can personalize learning, part II

Beth Rabbitt 3.26.2021
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How any school can personalize learning, part I

Beth Rabbitt 3.19.2021
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