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Momentum is building for the 2Gen approach as policymakers and practitioners at the city, county, and state level embrace it and fuel a groundswell of...
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As the hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move children and their parents toward educational success and economic security, Ascen...
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As the hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move children and their parents toward educational success and economic security, Ascen...
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Some of my fondest childhood memories take me back to the box truck my dad drove to deliver books and magazines to stores in our hometown of Flint, Mi...
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As the hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move children and their parents toward educational success and economic security, Ascen...
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This op-ed by Ariel Ventura-Lazo, an Ascend Parent Advisor for the Aspen Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative and a Generation Hope Scholar, w...