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2020 KIDS COUNT Exposes Education and Health Inequities in the South
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Let’s Act to End Inequity
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SEF Statement on Equity and Racial Justice
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Feeling the Pinch: What Impending Cuts to K-12 Education Mean for Southern States
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States and School Districts Should Reject Secretary DeVos’ Moves to Send More Public Resources to Private Schools
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Statement on 66th Anniversary of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Decision
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States Must Avoid Spending CARES Act Funds On Private Educational Services
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Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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SEF Urges Georgia Senate Education and Youth Committee to Oppose School Voucher Expansion Bill
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SEF and Legal Defense Fund Welcome Incoming SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang
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SEF Attends NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala
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Larry Berger Appointed to the SEF Board of Trustees
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SEF Names Titilayo Tinubu Ali Director of Research & Policy
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SEF Urges U.S. Department of Education to Retain Critical Equity-Related Questions on the Civil Rights Data Collection
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2019 NAEP Report Card Analysis
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Education 2020: A Review of the Presidential Candidates’ Latest Education Plans
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SEF Sends Letter to the Alabama House Education Policy Committee in Support of Equitable School Funding
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The Educational Development of African American Children in Georgia Data Points
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Cultivated at Home: Using Homegrown Teachers’ Capital to Address Educational Equity in The South
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SEF President to Participate in A Community Discussion on the State of Equity in Georgia Public Schools
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The Future of Public Education on the 2019 Ballot in Kentucky, Louisiana, & Mississippi
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EdWeek-State Takeovers Remain Difficult⁠, But Attractive⁠, for Education Policymakers
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SEF Board Member, Kenneth Jones, Named VP & CFO of the MacArthur Foundation
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SEF Sends US Department of Education a Letter Opposing the Expansion of Public Funds for Private Schools
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NEPC-State Takeovers: Radical Seizure of School Districts vs. Organic, Community Grounded School Improvement
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SELI 2019 Fellow, Bailey Deavers, Advocates for Educational Equity through SELI Fellowship
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Forbes-America’s School Funding Struggle
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Group Wants Cobb Schools to Address Racism, Bias in Classroom
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SEF Spotlighted in My Brothers Keeper Alliance Funding News
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The Myth That Busing Failed
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SEF Launches Shift2Success Pilot Program in Alabama
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School Privatization Policy Brief
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SELI 2019 Fellow, Kanesha Barnes, Develops College Magazine for S. Carolina Commission on Higher Ed
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State Support Rather Than State Intrusion: The Best Evidence for State Involvement
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SEF Takes Part in Humanity in Action’s 2019 John Lewis Fellowship Program
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2019 Kids Count Report Southern Analysis & Next Steps
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Tennessee Education Proposal Set to Funnel Public Money into Private Schools
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SEF CFO, Troy Johnson, Nominated for the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2019 CFO of the Year Award
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The Fight Over Public Education: Sixty Five Years After Brown v. Board of Education
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Education Equity By the Numbers
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Preparing for the Unexpected: Hurdles of College Affordability
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Two Mississippi Delta School Districts to Enter New Statewide School District for Low-Performing Schools
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Dr. Lily D. McNair: Honored as Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse Issues
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Diverse Issues Honors Dr. Michael T. Nettles: A Researcher with an Agenda
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The TX Legislature Must Recognize the Cost and Benefit of High-Quality Education for All
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Poverty Is Largely Invisible Among College Students
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SEF Testifies in front of Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus
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SEF Raises Serious Concerns With Georgia House Bill 301
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Florida Decision Raises Enforcement Concerns About Equitable School Funding
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Brown v. Board of Education: Message for the Future
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Progress Toward Educational Equity: Can ESSA Move us Forward?
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The Promise and Potential of “Woke” HBCUs
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Is School Funding Fair? An Analysis of School Finance Systems in 8 Southern States
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A Debt Owed: Maryland Should Include HBCUs in its Free Community College Plan
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School Safety Panel Recommends Reversal of Student Discipline Guidance