Tag: state policy

A patchwork map of the continental U.S., with a different fabric for each state. Some fabrics are solids, some prints, tending toward stylized florals. The state lines have been embroidered with contrasting thread colors.
Tenant Power Returns

What Are Your Landlord’s Legal Obligations? Depends on Where You Live

Minhae Shim Roth -
Landlord-tenant relations are governed by a mix of laws at all levels of government and can vary a lot.
Financial Well-Being

These States Are Trying to Level the Field for Disadvantaged Students

Kamolika Das -
How would the trajectories of children’s lives change if they knew that their state, their community and their parents were investing in their future success for as long as they could remember?
A high school graduate who saved for college with the help of FUEL Education, now called Inversant.
Financial Well-Being

In Which a Skeptic Is Won Over to Child Savings Accounts

Miriam Axel-Lute -
While I am a firm believer in equal access to higher education for all, it’s over-emphasized in our individualistic culture as a solution to society’s woes.
Young students wearing red shirts laugh as they participate in a college-bound program in Indiana.
Financial Well-Being

College Bound: A Look at Children’s Savings Accounts

Miriam Axel-Lute -
Children's savings accounts for higher education, even those that have accumulated only small amounts of money, can change expectations for low-income students and they might also provide a vehicle for larger wealth transfers.
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