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PSTC News

June 30, 2020

Papay finds widening educational inequality in Massachusetts

While Papay and his colleagues found that college enrollment has increased among all student demographic groups, the education system is not yet “the great equalizer” that educator Horace Mann envisioned.

In the News

July 22, 2020

R.I. faces uncertain COVID-19 prognosis for fall

PSTC faculty associates Mark Lurie and Megan Ranney caution that Rhode Islanders must continue to practice protective measures against COVID-19 if the state expects its relative success against the virus to continue in the coming months.