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Transfer test acts as educational barrier to working-class kids

THE Independent Review of Education was set up as part of the New Decade, New Approach deal and from the outset promised ‘not to shirk the big issues’.

Parents Exit Public Ed To Find Schools Aligning With Their Values

Recent school choice policy adoptions reflect the apprehension many parents feel about the public school system.

Commentary: Lawmakers can seize chance to bolster child care in rural Minnesota

From the column: "Children and families in poverty tend to follow in successive generations, perpetuating the tragedies of poverty."

Local View: Lawmakers can seize chance to bolster child care in rural Minnesota

From the column: "Children and families in poverty tend to follow in successive generations, perpetuating the tragedies of poverty."

Missing voices in the Child Tax Credit frenzy — parents

Opinion | Is Education No Longer the 'Great Equalizer'?

Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan | The White House

Today, President Biden announced the American Families Plan, an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future. In March, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which continues to provide immediate relief to American families and communities. Approximately 161 million payments of up to $1,400 per person have gone out to households, schools are reopening, and 100 percent of Americans ages 16 and older are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The Rescue Plan is projected to lift more than five million children out of poverty this year, cutting child poverty by more than half. While too many Americans are still out of work, we are seeing encouraging signs in the labor market, as businesses begin to rehire and some of the hardest hit sectors begin to reopen.

FACT SHEET: American Families Plan Advances Equity and Racial Justice

The White House On his first day in office, President Biden signed an Executive Order directing the whole of the federal government to advance equity and racial justice. Today, the President announced a historic new set of investments to deliver on his vision of a more equitable America through the American Families Plan. The American Families Plan will help restore the promise of America for communities who have been left behind and locked out of opportunity-investing in teachers and students, empowering workers and their families, and reimagining a tax code that rewards work over wealth. By extending and building upon the provisions of the American Rescue Plan, the American Families Plan would lift more than 10 million people out of poverty in 2022. This means a 29 percent reduction in Black poverty, a 31 percent reduction in Latino poverty, and a 15 percent reduction in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander poverty, relative to the projected poverty rate for 2022. Among children, it would reduce poverty by more than 47 percent.

Fact Sheet: American Families Plan