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Remember that old commercial, “You’ve got chocolate in my peanut butter!  You’ve got peanut butter in my chocolate?” Put aside the unlikely w...
BlogFebruary 17, 2014
Follow @alevere Can you imagine a child in preschool with her own bank account? How might she feel as she takes a trip to the local bank or credit uni...
BlogFebruary 11, 2014
Follow @SarahCHaight Last week I had the privilege of attending The Atlantic Presents the Shriver Report LIVE in Washington, DC, where a remarkable mi...
BlogJanuary 27, 2014
A major strategy of Ascend is to elevate two-generation programs, which provide opportunities for and meet the needs of vulnerable children and their ...
BlogJanuary 22, 2014
Numerous studies over the past two decades show that parents’ educational attainment and their involvement in their child’s education leads to gre...
BlogJanuary 14, 2014
Follow @SarahCHaight Above, participants at the Summit discuss public-private partnerships in rural America A few months after his January 1964 State ...
BlogDecember 9, 2013