The two so-called "separate but equal" societies were never equal, and the "separate" part of the equation is misleading, too ...

Today, for many Americans, the word “ghetto” conjures images of run-down and crime-ridden African American segregated ...

Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One baby, born to a Black mother, goes home to her family down the ...

Sheryll Cashin’s “White Space, Black Hood” shows how economic discrimination combines with racial injustice in America’s housing policy. Dismantling segregation in the United States has proven ...

Regardless of the background they come from, if students have strong mentors and opportunities to work closely with them, they will be more likely to succeed in STEM fields and move into STEM ...

School segregation has increased in the last 30 years, especially in the 100 largest districts that enroll about 40 percent of the nation’s K-12 population. While the overall public school population ...

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It would be unrealistic not to acknowledge that far too many of our public schools are troubled with low performance (due to a variety of factors) that understandably prompts many parents and ...