Fisher: 2 New Books Reveal Shocking Lack of Supports for High-Needs Students at High Schools & Colleges. What Can Be Done About It? [the74million.org]
By Julia Freeland Fisher, The 74, December 9, 2019 All too often, America’s most disadvantaged high school and college students are left to their own devices to navigate a byzantine, confusing and, in many cases, unjust education system. How might we do better? There’s a fair amount of consensus that low-income, minority students deserve more guidance resources and navigation supports. But the temptation to diagnose the problem as a shortage of resources alone masks the bigger picture. Two...