Success & Resiliency: Preliminary Findings

07.27.20

The objective of this research project was to gain a better understanding of the factors that influence whether children will lead a crimefree life…

12.30.20
Looking Back on 2020: 13 Highlights from the Center for Advancing Opportunity’s “State of Opportunity in America” Report

As 2020 comes to a close, join us in looking back at some of the key findings from our “2020 State of Opportunity in America” Report. Conducted just before the pandemic reached America, the survey revealed that residents of fragile communities, compared to the rest of America, are lacking access to health care, educational opportunities, economic mobility, and criminal justice. All these issues are intricately interwoven, and lack of access to them create barriers that keep people from reaching their full potential and living fulfilling lives.
12.17.20
3 Surprising Challenges Fragile Community Residents Experience

We know that residents of fragile communities experience immense barriers to opportunities, such as unemployment, lack of quality education options, criminal injustice, and a time tax (e.g. taking three buses just to get to work.) But here are three obstacles to economic mobility that fragile community residents face that you might be surprised to learn.
11.19.20
The Time Tax: Public Transportation’s Unseen Toll on Fragile Community Residents

People living in fragile communities face many barriers to upward social mobility, including poverty, crime, low-performing schools, inequities in law enforcement, and limited economic opportunities. And, believe it or not, transportation. Frequently jobs that offer career advancement for fragile community residents are located far from home. Since many residents often do not have access to a car, public transportation, buses in particular, are the only means of getting to work and improving their quality of life.
11.10.20
The Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Foundation Inc. Donates Charitable Gift

Albany State University Center for Educational Opportunity (ASU CEO) is the beneficiary of a charitable gift in the amount of $280,000 from the Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Foundation, Inc. The gift is designated to support Center programming.
11.10.20
Realizing the Gifts of All Children

From a Native American reservation to a special needs classroom in an urban city, hear what two expert teachers have learned about tapping into the innate gifts of all children when the Center for Educational Opportunity hosts Dr. Anna Baldwin and Kareem Neal in a webinar, “Realizing the Gifts of All Children,” on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at 7 p.m. ET.