United States Education System

We'll never regain our global edge if we don't close the domestic gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from their peers. The challenge is daunting. But the strategies and tactics to reverse these dangerous trends are well-known, if not yet widely practiced.

We can debate the stimulus package to help pull us out of the recession, but make no mistake -- our growing education deficit over the long term is as great a threat to our nation's well-being as the fiscal crisis.