The core belief of PeerForward is that the power of positive peer influence can help drive up college enrollment and attainment rates for high schools serving students in low-income neighborhoods. In a guest blog post on EdWeek.org, co-authored by our CEO and Co-founder Keith Frome and Board Member Irvin Scott, a lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education, we share what we’ve learned about student agency and why it is so vital to getting more students to higher education.
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