Executive Order Establishes the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans On Wednesday, during his remarks at the National Urban League conference in New Orleans, LA, President Obama announced he would sign an Executive Order today to improve outcomes and advance educ... Read more...
We can improve education in poor countries by showing parents the importance of schooling. In this series, Bjorn Lomborg explores the smartest investments to respond to global challenges-and readers get to have their say. See the earlier articles here. Be sure to vote in the poll at the bottom of ... Read more...
New York City's Community School Districts are being redlined: the practice of systemically denying resources to poor and minority neighborhoods. According to a new report by the Schott Foundation for Public Education, because of New York City's policies and practices, the c... Read more...