Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the first and most important step for students to receive their portion of the billions of grant aid dollars disbursed in federal student financial aid; however, every year many low income and community college students fail to complete the FAFSA. Over the past twenty years,…

The New Jersey State Departments of Education and Human Services propose a Governor's Urban Prekindergarten Initiative that will significantly increase opportunities for prekindergarten education through pilot programs in urban communities. The proposed program targets three- and four-year olds who are eligible for Aid to Families with Dependent…

States must ensure that all citizens, regardless of race, have real opportunities to gain the education and skills needed to achieve the American Dream. If state policies, especially economic policies, fail to acknowledge the growing numbers of poor Black undereducated and unskilled urban youth, that dream of equal opportunity will continue to be…