Gutman and McLoyd’s research found something specific: children whose adults actively organized their engagement with school, institutions, and community resources developed measurably stronger academic self-efficacy than children whose adults were […]
Support, Challenge, Vision
I didn’t design our fifteen-month curriculum around a theory. I designed it around what I watched work, and only later found the theoretical language for it. Daloz (1999) describes effective […]
A Case Manager’s Question I Still Can’t Answer
“I search for financial literacy programs for my clients, and I find dozens of options. They all say they teach financial literacy. But when I send clients, they come back […]
Investment Advice for Someone Sleeping in Their Car
A case manager said something to me recently that I haven’t been able to shake. She’d referred a client — someone about to lose their apartment — to a financial […]