Bob Moses organized for voting rights during the darkest days of the 1960s South. Today, his fight for civil rights continues, with a project to help inner city kids succeed in the classroom.
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Promises Aren’t Enough to Deter Campus Sexual Assault
As a recent report at Yale shows, voluntary resolution agreements won’t stop rape.
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The Reality of Our Race-Based Achievement Gap
A new study finds that drops in white student achievement often lead to the passage of “teacher quality” bills. Not so much when it comes to dips in black student achievement.
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Teach For America’s Civil War
This summer, alumni and current teachers are launching the first ever national campaign against the organization.
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Back to School for Labor
The fight for union recognition at Philadelphia’s Olney High School shows the challenges of organizing charter schools.
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Child Poverty By the Numbers
The recession and its lingering aftermath helped drive an estimated 2.8 million additional American children into poverty, raising the nation’s share of poor children to one of the highest recorded in nearly 50 years. The increase in the child-poverty rate of four percentage points between 2007 and 2011 to 22 percent was the second largest […]
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Rebuilding Schools—and Happiness—in Pakistan
Education reformers come to the former Taliban-occupied Swat Valley.
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Q&A: How Do You Measure Value in Higher Education?
What value do colleges and universities add to students?
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How to Fix the Federal Student Aid System
The New America Foundation takes a crack.
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Pushing Arne Duncan to Fast-Forward
Activists demand that the Department of Education address discriminatory policies.
