Articles When it Comes to Education Policy, Is Obama Listening to Students and Teachers? Zak MalamedFeb 01, 2014
Articles Is School Segregation Still Legal? Chicago Teens Reflect on Their Racial Isolation Liz DwyerJul 11, 2012
Articles How One Principal Recruited Role Models to Motivate His Black Male Students Baruti KafeleApr 16, 2012
Articles Black Students Are Three Times More Likely to Be Suspended Than Their White Classmates New data from the Office of Civil Rights provides hard evidence of prejudice against black and Latino students in America's education system.Liz Dwyer11 Mar, 2012
Articles A 13-Year-Old's Slavery Analogy Raises Some Uncomfortable Truths in School 13-year-old Jada Williams' essay compared Douglass' story about being kept from reading with her experience in a struggling school.Liz Dwyer02 Mar, 2012
Articles A City Education: Why Adults Must Model Racial Unity for Students "Mister, why do you hang out with him?" a Latino seventh-grader student asked my teammate Ricky at lunch.Liz Warden21 Feb, 2012
Articles The School-to-Prison Pipeline is the New Jim Crow "Cradle to college" isn't what schools have in store for black students in America.Liz Dwyer18 Jan, 2012
Articles What Teachers Can Learn from Hip-Hop Culture Hip hop's premium on fresh new ideas and entrepreneurship could be exactly what's needed to save our schools.Liz Dwyer19 May, 2011
Articles Community College Students Need Federal Loans, Too Over one million community college students in 31 states can't borrow federal student loans. What gives with this unequal practice?Liz Dwyer04 May, 2011
Articles KIPP's Graduation Rate Stats Spark Charter School Debate Data from the charter school network shows a higher college graduation rate than for students attending regular public schools.Liz Dwyer01 May, 2011
Articles A More Diverse Class of 2015: Harvard Accepts Record Numbers of Black and Latino Students Of course, the overall admission rate was lower than ever: 6.2 percent.Liz Dwyer15 Apr, 2011
Articles Mock Slave Auctions: How Not to Teach Kids About America's History When it come to educating kids about slavery, teachers should think twice about the appropriateness of their hands on learning activities.Liz Dwyer15 Apr, 2011
Articles Could One Hour of Therapy Boost Black Student Achievement? A new study suggests confidence building psychological exercises can help close the achievement gapLiz Dwyer25 Mar, 2011
Articles Do We Need College Scholarships for White Men? A new Texas nonprofit says being male and white doesn't help you pay for college, so they're starting a scholarship program just for white men.Liz Dwyer03 Mar, 2011
Articles Geoffrey Canada Tells Stephen Colbert Racism Has Nothing to Do with the Achievement Gap The Waiting for Superman star says teachers unions are to blame for everything wrong in public education.Liz Dwyer07 Jan, 2011
Articles The Black Youth Project Adds a New Voice to the Education Reform Conversation Want to close the achievement gap? Pay attention to what black youth think.Liz Dwyer02 Dec, 2010