Author: Matthew Lynch
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My Brother’s Keeper Program Expanding
Sixty of the nation’s largest school districts are joining President Obama’s initiative to improve the educational futures of African-American and Hispanic boys, beginning in preschool extending ... -
Hill Harper Discusses The ‘Honor Your Future Now’ Campaign
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
Why High School Graduation Is the Key to Improving At-Risk Communities: Part I
A guest post by Frank Britt, CEO of Penn Foster Education is the catalyst for bottom-up change and can become the epicenter of transformation for communities. ... -
Expert: Opportunity gap widening in America
The economic status of the parents of today’s P-20 students determines the long-term economic quality of the children’s lives more today than in previous generations. In ... -
Want to change perceptions of Muslims? Support students of all beliefs
Matthew Mayhew, New York University In the wake of the recent terror attacks in Paris, Baghdad and Beirut, our national discourse has been full of conversations ... -
2 States That Chose Higher Education Cuts in 2015
Higher education cuts on the state level continue—despite mounting evidence that cutting money from colleges and universities doesn’t bode well for the future. Let’s talk about ... -
3 Reasons Today’s Students Might Be Worse Off than Their Parents
The great dream of all parents is that their children will grow up to have even better life circumstances than they do. Parents want their little ... -
Pull Your Own Weight: The educational administrator’s trifecta
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
4 Fascinating Truths about First-Generation College Students
College attendance has become less of a privilege and more of a necessity in the contemporary workforce. This cultural shift is a reflection of President Obama’s ... -
Why South Africa’s universities are in the grip of a class struggle
Rajendra Chetty, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Christopher B. Knaus, University of Washington Each year, hundreds of thousands of students enrol to study at South ...