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Our Teaching Tolerance project combats prejudice among our nation’s youth while promoting equality, inclusiveness and equitable learning environments in the classroom. Read More >

According a recent report from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, only 33 percent of high schools with high black and Latino student enrollment offer calculus. The comparable figure for high schools with low black and Latino enrollment is 56 percent. Read More >

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Sandrine, now in seventh grade, was invited this year to be part of Cedar Rapids Community School District’s gifted program, the Program for Academic and Creative Talent, or PACT. Middle schoolers in PACT can enroll in a variety of fast-pace classes — from creative writing to mock trial — that have more advanced curricula. Up […]

It’s not just a Dubuque issue. The National Fire Protection Association reports 82-percent of firefighters nationwide are white. 7 percent are black and 9 percent are Hispanic. Read More >

There are big benefits to increasing graduation rates. We need to find ways to collaborate on scalable approaches. http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-interventions-close-college-attainment-gap.htmlRead More >

The ACLU defines the prison pipeline as “the policies and practices that push our nation’s schoolchildren, especially our most at-risk children, out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.” The intentional nature of these policies reveals the nasty beast of racism deeply rooted in our society. Read More >

Education is a game changer. Those that have more of it earn more over a lifetime and have the greatest chances to build wealth. Yet a wide gap persists between educational attainment between white and non-white Americans. Read More >