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Social mobility

It really is who you know: Social mobility and schools

by Stephanie Hughes
Aug 8, 2022
New research finds that low-income children who grow up in communities with lots of cross-class relationships are more likely to rise out of poverty.
The recipient school districts are now considering how to use their donations, whether on improvements like a new gym or investments like college scholarship funds.
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Parenting in a Pandemic

Working parents in China struggle with online schooling during the COVID-19 outbreak

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 16, 2020
Online classes are difficult for working Chinese parents with young children.
Ada Lu learned to ride a bicycle outside her apartment complex during the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Shanghai.
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What makes economic mobility possible

by Krissy Clark
Apr 17, 2015
"Social Capital" is one key factor influencing economic mobility.
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Six Routes

Left behind in Silicon Valley

by David Weinberg
Mar 31, 2015
Traditional middle class jobs—and families—are feeling the tech pinch.
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