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Commentary Higher Education

How Gutting the U.S. Department of Education Would Hurt Students and Their Families

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CAJOLA, GUATEMALA - FEBRUARY 12: Teacher Willy Jimenez talks with Indigenous Mayan Mam-speaking children at a reading circle held in the Grupo Cajola library on February 12, 2017 in Cajola, in the western highlands of Guatemala. Women are especially effected by emigration from Guatemala, where some 70 percent of the men have left to work as undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of them leaving behind wives and children who only know their fathers online, if at all. Grupo Cajola, an NGO funded by American donations, is attempting to make the town's economy prosper locally to help reduce the need for emigration. With U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, the spectre of increased deportations back to Guatemala and reduced remittances has made the need to educate children and adults and transform the local economy more urgent than ever. Remitances from undocumented Guatemalan laborers are the main source of income of Guatemala, and while increasing wealth and driving a housing boom in towns like Cajola, they have also had the negative effect tearing the social fabric of local communites. Grupo Cajola has set up a weaving center, an egg farm, carpentry shop, internet cafe, library and education programs for pre-schoolers and their parents, while providing scholarships for more than 20 young residents to learn local trades. Textiles they produce are now exported for sale to the U.S. The NGO was founded in 2000 by Eduardo Jimenez, who lived as an undocumented immigrant for 10 years in the U.S. before returning to Guatemala. He coordinates locally with the group's American director Caryn Maxim, who organizes funding and product sales in New Jersey. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Commentary English Learners

Improving Identification and Screening Processes for Indigenous Latinx English Learners

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Commentary Race & Inequality

What States Can Do to Improve Black Maternal Mental Health

Commentary Healthcare

Why Enhancing Medicaid and ACA Marketplace Protections Will Get Us Closer to Universal Coverage

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Report Race & Inequality

A New Federal Approach to School Integration, Inspired by Student Activists

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Commentary Early Education

The Case for Child Care and Early Learning for All: Economic Prosperity

PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 01: An Arizona Rangers watches as contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

Commentary Democracy

Public Disclosure Is Badly Needed in the Arizona Election Audit

Commentary K - 12

The Forgotten Asians in the School Admissions Reform Debate

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Report English Learners

Pandemic Response to Pandemic Recovery: Helping English Learners Succeed This Fall and Beyond

Commentary Health Equity

The Medicaid Coverage Gap and Maternal and Reproductive Health Equity

Commentary Bridges Collaborative

Bridges Collaborative Member Spotlight: Intentional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices at Boston Collegiate Charter School

Report Unemployment

7.5 Million Workers Face Devastating Unemployment Benefits Cliff This Labor Day

Report Higher Education

Flying under the Regulation Radar: University Partnerships with Coding Bootcamps

Commentary Unemployment

What We Can Learn From Efforts to Provide Aid to Excluded Workers

PHOENIX, AZ - NOVEMBER 05: Votes are counted by staff at the Maricopa County Elections Department office on November 5, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Ballots continue to be counted in many critical battleground states as the final results in the U.S. presidential election remain too close to call. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

Commentary Democracy

Another Month of Chaos for the Arizona Senate Audit in Maricopa County

Commentary Higher Education

Why Support Services for First-Generation, Low-Income Students Matter

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