Minority Achievement Gaps

Education Wake Up: An Important Case in Connecticut

Michael Evans | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Bridgeport, Educational Reform, Achievement Gap, Minority Achievement Gaps, Fairfield County, Education News
Michael Evans

The indecisiveness that has been found in Connecticut has left a generation of youth facing one of the biggest uphill battles in the nation.

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Would Dr. King Agree With 'No Child Left Behind?'

Brian Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Luther King, No Child Left Behind, Minority Achievement Gaps, Achievement Gap, Education News
Brian Jones

The approach of a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King provides an opportunity to reflect on one of the hot topics in education reform today: the racial achievement gap.

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Crashing Into a Low Bar

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Student Achievement, Minority Achievement Gaps, Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery, Alan Gotlieb, Kati Haycock, The Education Trust, Education News
Alan Gottlieb

This new report shows that students further down the ladder lack the skills to do, well, much of anything beyond manual labor.

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Young Men Earn Fewer College Degrees: Report

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minorities in Higher Education 2010 Report, The Washington Post, Achievement Gaps Between Men and Women, American Council on Education, College News, Minority Achievement Gaps, College News

A new report on minority achievement in higher education found that young men are graduating at lower rates than in previous generations. According ...

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