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Halley Potter – Policy Associate

Halley Potter
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Halley Potter is a policy associate at The Century Foundation, specializing in education policy. She graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies. Prior to joining The Century Foundation, Halley taught at a public charter elementary school in northeast Washington, D.C. She is coauthor, with Richard D. Kahlenberg, of Diverse Charter Schools: Can Racial and Socioeconomic Integration Promote Better Outcomes for Students? (The Century Foundation, 2012).

 
Blog of the Century Posts by Halley Potter
Changing the College Admissions Game
May 9, 2013
Fighting the Effects of Poverty Through Socioeconomic Integration
May 6, 2013
Affirmative Action Alternatives
March 13, 2013
Does School Choice Help or Hurt School Integration?
January 28, 2013
More Support for Socioeconomic School Integration: Iowa City Is Close to Passing Plan
January 9, 2013
Richard D. Kahlenberg’s Commentary on Fisher v. Texas
February 23, 2012
 
Items Featuring Halley Potter
Recent research supports district’s diversity plan
January 14, 2013
A Better Affirmative Action: State Universities that Created Alternatives to Racial Preferences
October 3, 2012
Diverse Charter Schools: Can Racial and Socioeconomic Integration Promote Better Outcomes?
May 23, 2012
 
By Halley Potter
Boosting Achievement by Pursuing Diversity
May 2, 2013
How the Supreme Court Could Affect First-Generation Students
March 26, 2013
 

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