How can schools influence this outcome?
By: Jennifer Harris, Director of Communications at Arlington Public Schools
"The “success sequence” outlined by Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins: Get at least a high-school diploma, work full time, and be married and at least 21 before having children. Sawhill and Haskins estimate that 98 percent of those who follow this sequence will not be poor and 75 percent will be solidly middle class. Conversely, those who don’t follow any of those norms will be poor, and almost none will make it into the middle class." Here's more: http://educationnext.org/schools-address-americas-marriage-crisis-careers/
Originally Printed on March 16, 2015
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By: Jennifer Harris, Director of Communications at Arlington Public Schools
"The “success sequence” outlined by Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins: Get at least a high-school diploma, work full time, and be married and at least 21 before having children. Sawhill and Haskins estimate that 98 percent of those who follow this sequence will not be poor and 75 percent will be solidly middle class. Conversely, those who don’t follow any of those norms will be poor, and almost none will make it into the middle class." Here's more: http://educationnext.org/schools-address-americas-marriage-crisis-careers/
Originally Printed on March 16, 2015
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-can-schools-influence-outcome-jennifer-harris?trk=prof-post