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Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP)™ is an ambitious multistate effort to boost employment and educational opportunities for young people who are navigating some of life’s most challenging circumstances, including homelessness and involvement in the child welfare or justice systems.

Mary Jo Bane, chair of the MDRC Board of Directors, announced today that, after a nationwide search, Virginia Knox has been appointed the next president of MDRC, succeeding Gordon Berlin. Knox will assume her new role on October 15, 2019.

Nearly eight million students are chronically absent — meaning they miss a month or more of school each year. Our panel will offer evidenced-based solutions that all educators and communities can use to help every student attend school every day.