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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Aspen Institute Board of Trustees named Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D., as the organization’s next president and CEO. Dan is president of Franklin...