Data deficits undermine school entry (opinion)

tattywelshie/e+/Getty Pictures Earlier this 12 months, President Biden proposed a 10 p.c improve to the Pell Grant to carry the utmost annual award to $8,145. The proposal marks the most recent step towards the federal authorities’s objective of doubling Pell by 2029—a transfer that displays a broader effort by policymakers to extend school affordability. Whereas appreciable…