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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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The Education Gadfly Show: How schools can personalize instruction when students return next fall

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Diane Tavenner, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.15.2020
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Papa Academy

Chester E. Finn, Jr. 3.30.2020
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COVID-19 and schools: One story from New Jersey

Mike Piscal 3.20.2020
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They didn’t get to say goodbye

Erika Sanzi 3.19.2020
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Great YouTube channels for middle schoolers and high schoolers for learning from home during COVID-19 school closures

Emma Finn 3.19.2020
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Smiling through: Thirty-two resources for entertaining energetic preschoolers during daycare and preschool closures

Victoria McDougald 3.19.2020
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Daddy School, week one

Mike Goldstein 3.18.2020
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Page to screen: a comparison of reading habits and comprehension in digital vs. print

3.18.2020
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Supporting low birth weight babies helps long after infancy

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 3.18.2020
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An open letter to Checker Finn and Mike Petrilli

Ross Wiener 3.18.2020
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Resources for learning from home during Covid-19 school closures

Michael J. Petrilli 3.16.2020
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For coronavirus-affected U.S. schools, 5 lessons from China in emergency distance learning

Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 3.9.2020
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