Too much inequality for too long a time can lead to corrosive relationships between parts of society that are inevitably interdependent and which need to work together smoothly to make our whole system work properly.
Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 04.03.2012
Early last month, the U.S. Department of Education released a report on school equity issues that revealed that minority students face "much harsher discipline" than whites in our public schools.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.13.2012
Jakayla Ivory, a St. Louis high-school student convicted of second-degree assault, likely would have gotten two years in jail. Instead, she went to sc...
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.06.2012
If you are a black student in Los Angeles, you are almost three times more likely to be suspended than if you are any other race, according to new dat...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.06.2012
Minority students have less access to advanced courses, more inexperienced teachers and face tougher disciplinary consequences than their counterparts...
The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 08.30.2011
Amid efforts in education reform, students across the country still face large disparities in educational resources and opportunities, according to a ...
Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.24.2012