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In 2018, Ascend is laser-focused on providing concrete, actionable solutions for practitioners and policymakers that want to incorporate a whole famil...
BlogMarch 5, 2018
Image source: Education Development Center and SRI International CPB-PBS Ready to Learn Initiative just released a first of its kind survey on more th...
BlogMarch 2, 2018
Ascend’s Morgridge Innovator in Residence, Roxane White, has co-authored a new report with Heather Sandstrom as part of the U.S. Partnership on ...
BlogMarch 1, 2018
The unemployment rate is lower than it has been for many years and working parents are and have been key contributors to our nation’s economic growt...
BlogFebruary 21, 2018
Many policies and programs in the United States target either children or their parents. Few keep the whole family in focus, and even fewer have maste...
BlogFebruary 14, 2018
Good leaders know when a transition is coming and work to provide a clear roadmap for the future. Transitions at the state level are felt even more ac...
BlogJanuary 17, 2018