This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s good news and bad news for Colorado in a new state-by-state report on gifted and talented education. On the plus side, Colorado is one of only six states where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project points to the widespread failure to accurately teach the hard, and nuanced, history of American slavery and enslaved people.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All too often, negative aspects of black culture and communities are predominantly emphasized. We hear about incarceration rates, high school dropout rates and poverty rates. We are flooded with images…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Reams of research have shown stark achievement gaps between white and Asian students and their black and Hispanic peers. But a new interactive database released Wednesday shows how pervasive the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of the nation’s best public universities are enrolling disproportionately few African-American and Latino students. Flagship universities are the jewels in the crown of public higher education systems. They stand as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We recently sat down with DeVon Douglass, Chief Resilience Officer of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to learn more about the city’s Racial Equity Advisory Group. Tasked with integrating racial equity into Tulsa’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this month, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suspended implementation of its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which requires local governments receiving federal housing and community development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students of color studying science, technology, engineering and math (collectively known as STEM) are underrepresented at schools around the country and even though most don’t face overt racism they face…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The dearth of black teachers across the country is well-researched and extensively documented. Nationally, federal data shows more than eight out of 10 (81.9 percent) teachers are white, while fewer than one in 10 (6.8…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When your life’s work is dedicated to empowering others, asking young girls to be strong, smart and bold resonates as more than a tagline. For Sonya Ulibarri, CEO of Girls…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most integrated school in the Boston appears to be a charter school, Boston Collegiate. Every day, students whose families live in hyper-segregated Boston neighborhoods — Dorchester, South Boston, Roxbury, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The abolitionist, statesman and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass said that denying a person an education means adding another link in the chain of their servitude. Whenever I hear the…