SEF in the News
2016
A Failing Grade for K-12 State Takeovers. Education Week. January, 2016. // Advancing Public Education
2015
A Historical Mission in the Accountability Era: A Public HBCU and State Performance Funding. Educational Policy. May, 2015. // Improving College Access and Completion
Mapped: The places where most public school children are poor. The Washington Post. May, 2015. // Advancing Public Education
The Stark Inequality of U.S. Public Schools, Mapped. The Atlantic: City Lab. May, 2015. // Advancing Public Education
Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty. Washington Post. January, 2015. // Advancing Public Education
Study Finds Widespread Poverty Among U.S. Public School Children. The New York Times. January, 2015. // Advancing Public Education
More students living in poverty strains education system. PBS NewsHour. January, 2015. // Advancing Public Education
More Than Half Of American Public Schoolchildren Live In Poverty: Study. The Huffington Post. January, 2015. // Advancing Public Education
New Milestone: Majority of Public School Students Now Considered Low-Income. Education Week. January, 2015. // Advancing Public Education
2014
Mississippi's youngest students pile on the absences, lose learning time. The Hechinger Report. October, 2014. // Promoting Early Learning Opportunities
Nation's Wealthy Places Pour Private Money Into Public Schools, Study Finds. The New York Times. October 2014. // Advancing Public Education
Core of the Matter: If New Designs and Teaching and Learning Come to Pass, Vulnerable Learners Win with the Common Core. Alliance for Excellent Education. 2014. // Advancing Public Education
Fighting for Survival. Inside Higher Education. 2014. // Improving College Access and Completion
Addressing Virtually Segregated Schools. Education Week. 2014. // Advancing Public Education
The Next Juvenile Justice Reform. The New York Times. April 20, 2014. // Advancing Public Education
Juvenile Justice System Not Meeting Educational Needs, Report Says. Education Week. April 18, 2014. // Advancing Public Education
The Education Being Provided to this Group of Students is Absolutely Inadequate Says Study. The Huffington Post. April 17, 2014. // Advancing Public Education
Mississippi finally funds statewide pre-K-but only for six percent of its youngest learners. The Hechinger Report. March 23, 2014. // Advancing Public Education
2013
Institutional Context is Vital to Federal College Affordability Plan. HBCU Digest. December, 2013. // Improving College Access and Completion
Study: Almost Half of Public School Students are Now Low-Income. The Atlantic. November, 2013. // Advancing Public Education
Study: Poor children are now the majority in American public schools in South, West. The Washington Post. October, 2013. // Advancing Public Education
The Hidden War Against Gay Teens. RollingStone. October 10, 2013. // Advancing Public Education
Backed by State Money, Georgia Scholarships Go to Schools Barring Gays. The New York Times. September, 2013. // Advancing Public Education
Fixing Developmental Education. HuffPost College. April, 2013. // Improving College Access and Completion
Education Group Claims tax credit program is widely abused. The Atlanta Journal Constitution. January 27, 2013. // Advancing Public Education
2012
Does tax break aid kids? No. Public schools suffer as abuses divert millions to private schools. The Atlanta Journal Constitution. June, 2012. // Advancing Public Education
Public Money Finds Back Door to Private Schools. The New York Times. May, 2012. // Advancing Public Education
Let's Focus on Teacher Quality, Then Cost. The New York Times. January, 2012. // Advancing Public Education
2011
Georgia pre-k cutting retention rates, study shows. The Atlanta Journal Constitution. 2011. // Promoting Early Learning Opportunities
Pre-K for Georgia's chidren is no educational luxury. The Atlanta Journal Constitution. 2011. // Promoting Early Learning Opportunities
2010
Southern Schools Mark Two Majorities. The New York Times. 2010. // Advancing Public Education
2009
New Orleans schools' recovery depends on increased federal involvement, report says. The Times-Picayune. 2009. // Advancing Public Education
Recovery of New Orleans Schools Depends on Increased Involvement, Report Says. Philanthropy News Digest. 2009. // Advancing Public Education
2008
Georgia pre-k falls behind. The Atlanta Journal Constitution. 2008. // Promoting Early Learning Opportunities
High dropout rates Alabama's biggest economic problem, study finds. The Birmingham News. 2008. // Advancing Public Education
2007
South's Schools Pass Milestone on Poverty. Education Week. November, 2007. // Advancing Public Education