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Ascend Fellows are visionary leaders who come from a variety of backgrounds and bring expertise from different sectors and disciplines to the Fellowsh...
BlogApril 12, 2018
Earlier this month, the New York Times profiled Excel Center students, teachers, and the Goodwill representatives that oversee the schools on the impa...
BlogApril 12, 2018
Most of us cringe when we hear the label “Deadbeat Dad” or other terminology that presumes absent parents are uncaring parents. These labels conju...
BlogMarch 14, 2018
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