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It's time to close apprenticeship's long-overlooked equity gaps
To fully realize the apprenticeship model’s potential, we must create a more purposeful approach to inclusive apprenticeship — one that seeks to right historic wrongs in workforce opportunity, writes Eric Seleznow and Latitia McCaine.
American Rescue Plan can reshape education to give students real-world preparation
With an estimated $125 billion from the American Rescue Plan set to flow into our K-12 education system and a total of $350 billion for state programs overall a successful recovery plan must include more engaging learning opportunities that help better prepare youth for careers, postsecondary education and next steps in life.
Lagging college graduation rates exacerbate racial inequity
Nearly 20 million students are enrolled in college this year, but an estimated 40 percent — many of them students of color — will not graduate. These vast numbers point to an insidious problem often overlooked in today’s higher education debates: racial disparity in our nation’s college graduation rates.
Student debt fears lower the bar for low income students
Advocates argue that cancelling student debt would narrow the racial wealth gap and help lead an economic recovery.