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News and Knowledge
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“College-Qualified Students from Low- and Middle-Income Families Get Left Behind”
by Anthony Carnevale, Professor, Georgetown University, Michael Osheowitz, Chairman Emeritus, Edwin Gould Foundation and Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, President and CEO, Edwin Gould Foundation
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Statistics on the achievement gap
in American education.
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Hillary Clinton introduces the COACH Act
(Coaching Adolescents for College Heights):
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The Education Trust
informs national and state policy debates advocating for high academic achievement for all students.
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust
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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
Achievement Trap: How America Is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from Lower-Income Families.
http://www.jkcf.org/assets/files/0000/0084/Achievement_Trap.pdf
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The Bridgespan Group.
Reclaiming the American Dream: Harnessing the Transformative Effects of Higher Education.
http://www.bridgespan.org/learningcenter/resourcedetail.aspx?id=412
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The Institute for Higher Education Policy.
Promise Lost: College-Qualified Students Who Don’t Enroll in College.
http://www.ihep.org/publications/publications-detail.cfm?id=117
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Institute for Education Sciences
Created in 2002 by the Education Sciences Reform Act, the Institute for Education Sciences website features a wide range of education research as well as links to four specific centers focused on research, statistics, evaluation and special education.
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Education Resources Information Center (ERIC database)
Searchable database of more than 1.2 million bibliographic records from journal articles, books, conference papers and other materials about education. Includes full-text links when available.
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What Works Clearinghouse
An initiative of the Institute for Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse offers research evidence and teacher guides for educational practices that have been proven to work.
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Education Sector
Education Sector is a non-profit think tank “that challenges conventional thinking in education policy.” The organization’s stated mission is to promote policy and practice changes that will improve student opportunities and outcomes.
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Thomas B. Fordham Institute
is a not-for-profit think tank dedicated to advancing educational excellence in America’s K–12 schools.
http://www.edexcellence.net/template/index.cfm
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Carnevale, Anthony P. “Hitting the Books Still Pays Off”.
Business Week, July 17, 2006.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_29/b3993105.htm
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Carnevale, Anthony P. “Discounting Education’s Value”.
The Chronicle of Higher Education- The Chronicle Review
. September 22, 2006.
http://chronicle.com/article/Discounting-Educations-Value/12646/
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Carnevale, Anthony P. and Richard Fry. “Crossing the Great Divide: Can We Achieve Equity When Generation Y Goes to College?”
Education Testing Services 2000.
http://www.ecs.org/html/Document.asp?chouseid=2934
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Carnevale, Anthony P. “Education = Success: Empowering Hispanic Youth and Adults”.
Education Testing Services 1999.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED437444&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED437444
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Carnevale, Anthony P. and Stephen Rose. “Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Selective College Admissions”.
The Century Foundation 2003.
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=252
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“No Child Gets Ahead”
by Anthony P. Carnevale, Research Professor and Director, The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
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"Getting—and Staying—on Track"
from Philanthropy Roundtable Magazine:
EGF President and CEO Cynthia Rivera Weissblum is featured in the article along with our partner SEO.
http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/article.asp?article=1620
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