More often than not I am faced with a student that says, “I’m poor. I can’t go to college.” I always smile and say, “This is the best time in your life to be poor.” A large number of rural students believe that college is completely out of reach. It’s too far or too expensive;…
I saw it for the first time this fall – a granite pillar towering above the ever bustling city. This September, Teach for America gave me the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for the Congressional Black Leadership Conference (CBLC). On day one, we were shuttled to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the…
Back in August, I loaded up a truck in Nashville and headed north to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here at the University of Michigan, I have just completed my first semester as a doctoral student examining the connections between public policy and higher education. Although the hot days of summer in Nashville seem like a distant…
On Monday, January 14, SCORE is hosting a candid conversation between Governors Bill Haslam and Jeb Bush to discuss what transformational education reform needs to look like to improve outcomes for students. If you are not able to attend this SCORE Institute event in person, live streaming of the entire event will be available below….