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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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Education Gadfly Show #834: Whether industry-recognized credentials benefit high schoolers

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Matt Giani 8.23.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #833: Are we witnessing the end of education reform?

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Chester E. Finn, Jr., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 8.16.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #832: Removing barriers to the classroom in the face of a (possible) teacher shortage: Yes or no?

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Heather Peske 8.10.2022
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The Education Gadfly Show #831 Resurfaced: Research Deep Dive: The impact of urban charter schools

Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Ph.D., Brian Gill 8.2.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #830: When it comes to Covid learning loss, the bleeding has stopped

Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Lindsay Dworkin, Karyn Lewis 7.26.2022
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The Education Gadfly Show #828: Arizona’s expanded ESA: The big enchilada of school choice

Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Matt Beienburg 7.12.2022
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The Education Gadfly Show #827: The debate over “no zeroes” grading policies

Michael J. Petrilli, Daniel Buck, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 7.5.2022
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The Education Gadfly Show #826: Research Deep Dive: What we know about gifted education

Michael J. Petrilli, Jonathan Plucker, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 6.29.2022
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How student outcomes were impacted by the desegregation of schools

Julia Wolf 4.28.2022
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On the future of education research at IES

Adam Gamoran 4.22.2022
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Academic validation: Maryland’s alternative graduation pathways examined

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.21.2022
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Cheers and Jeers: April 21, 2022

The Education Gadfly 4.21.2022
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