Insights – Economic Mobility Systems

A Dashboard is Not a Plan: User-Centered Design, Digital Credentials, Case Management, and Progress Monitoring in DeSoto ISD

Now more than ever, education leaders are seeking more holistic insights to support students on their college, career, and life journey. Technology vendors are responding to this need by showing up with promises of educational equity via new and exciting dashboards. DeSoto Independent School District (ISD) is developing new and exciting dashboards as the result of a plan to address educational equity through user-centered design, digital credentials, case management, and progress monitoring dashboards.

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Watch Now: Designing Equitable Postsecondary Pathways Panel at ASU + GSC 2021

Dr. Eric Ban (EMS) joins Eric Lavin (Digital Promise), Michael Nettles (ETS), and Dr. Christina Luke Luna (Digital Promise) to discuss how digital wallets are transforming pathways to economic equity through comprehensive learner and employment record solutions.

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Improving Financial Aid and College Enrollment Outcomes for First-Generation Students

Three out of four Dallas students who complete financial aid show up in college. For Dallas County, financial aid is the leading indicator of students making the leap from high school to college.

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Applying to college should be a lot easier, and North Texas colleges are working to make it so

New technology tools are smoothing the path for first-generation college students in Dallas County.

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Economic Mobility Lunch and Learn: Featuring Texas Innovations on Equity Platforms

Educators and community leaders from across Dallas County and north Texas shared their experiences using innovative platform technologies to improve equity in college and workforce outcomes at a Lunch & Learn session hosted by EMS at Dallas College’s Garland Center on June 29, 2021. The session was the first in-person meeting since 2019 for many…

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Economic Mobility High: The New End Game for America’s High Schools

High schools celebrate graduates who share their hopes and dreams that mostly include a postsecondary plan with aspirations to make a difference in the world.

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In Dallas, a data-driven program helps advance equity in higher ed

A CRM platform supports underrepresented students through the admissions process

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