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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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How personalized learning enthusiasts can ensure they aren’t lowering the bar for the kids who are behind

Michael J. Petrilli 9.11.2019
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In most elementary classrooms, kids are all over the map academically. Here’s how two schools cope.

Michael J. Petrilli 9.4.2019
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How teachers encourage students to take AP classes

Tran Le 9.4.2019
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Effective social studies interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders

Pedro Enamorado 9.4.2019
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Can educational data mining predict student performance and enhance personalized learning?

Olivia Piontek 8.28.2019
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Can AP ease Gotham’s selective-high-school deadlock?

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan 8.21.2019
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The new PDK poll: Gems amid the gravel

Chester E. Finn, Jr. 8.14.2019
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Should schools give children more time to play?

Chester E. Finn, Jr. 8.14.2019
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The Lost Children of Hirsch: Will a fresh argument for content-rich curricula make a difference?

Robert Pondiscio 8.7.2019
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Education research: Does the United States have the right model?

Marc Tucker 8.7.2019
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An Obama-era regulation is likely to establish unconstitutional racial quotas

Lucas Vebber, William D. Flanders 8.5.2019
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