In ‘Rethinking Rescue,’ Carol Mithers looks at animal rescue through the story of Lori Weise, who works with indigent dog owners in Los Angeles, writes Jennifer Reese in The Washington Post. wapo.st/47dfmZ7

Through evidence-based strategies, networking, & volunteers, even low-income districts can help students become proficient readers, writes Tanya Wilson-Thevanesan, Fairport Central School District & Institute For Education Innovation, in The 74. the74million.org/article/how-sc…

Project Kitty Hawk is trying to reenroll students who left the University of North Carolina System. Is it working? highereddive.com/news/project-k… via Higher Ed Dive

Wisconsin's prison population swells as other states limit incarceration, write Nicholas Garton The Capital Times & Jim Malewitz Wisconsin Watch for PBS Wisconsin. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wisc…

New Orleans' Section 8 renters face discrimination when using housing vouchers, report finds nola.com/news/politics/… via NOLA.com

Many subsidized renters have trouble finding landlords who accept them in Allegheny County, reports Kate Giammarise 90.5 WESA. wesa.fm/development-tr…

Semiconductor industry seeks apprentices to meet the rising need for workers, reports Alisha Green CalMatters. calmatters.org/economy/techno…

ICYMI: In this op-ed in Alabama Daily News, Sarah Picard of The Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR) and Leah Nelson with Alabama Appleseed critique the harmful impact of excessive fines and fees and advocate for fairer and more effective alternatives. aldailynews.com/column-crime-a…

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MDRC Celebrating Its 50th Anniversary at Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Conference, September 18-21 #SREE2024 mdrc.org/news/mdrc-cele…

Virtual learning detrimental to school attendance, especially in districts with higher poverty rates, Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) study finds. news.nd.edu/news/virtual-l…

Procedural vote on Cleveland Browns stadium name-change turns into talk of redlining, poverty and respect, reports Courtney Astolfi clevelanddotcom. cleveland.com/news/2024/09/p…

This U.S. Census Bureau blog post discusses the development of the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) and differences between the SPM and the Official Poverty Measure. census.gov/newsroom/blogs…

How to End Childhood Poverty, by Marianne Dhenin YES! Magazine yesmagazine.org/economy/2024/0…

Gambling is expanding in America and making poor people poorer, according to new data deseret.com/opinion/2024/0… via Deseret News Opinion

.Common App will expand its direct admissions program for 2024-25, offering proactive acceptance letters from 116 colleges to first-generation students & those from low- and middle-income backgrounds, reports Laura Spitalniak Higher Ed Dive. highereddive.com/news/common-ap…

Public safety and fairness are not competing interests, writes Michael Waldman Brennan Center. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

Business owners, employees divided over how much of a struggle child care is, report finds laist.com/news/education… via Elly Yu LAist

Since 2022, DC public schools have been working to mitigate COVID learning disruptions by ramping up high-impact tutoring efforts, writes Jeff Murray Fordham Institute. A new report shows some minimally encouraging signs. fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

$1,500 tutoring voucher available for eligible Louisiana students in grades K-12, reports Isabella KTAL NBC 6 News. ktalnews.com/news/education…