Part of the problem is the “opportunity gap” – educational equity (meaning equal access to a high quality education) starting in early childhood is essential to all students realizing their potential to pursue STEM majors etc; unfortunately, until policies ensure that the much needed resources are allocated to underserved communities, this will always be an…
Dear Justice Scalia: Diversity Matters to Get America Off the “Slow Track” and Widening Global Achievement Gap
Newsflash Justice Scalia: All black students are not slow and belong on the “slow track.” The “separate but equal” ideology of the past, which was outlawed in 1954 by the very U.S. Supreme Court you work for, does not belong in the 21st Century. America is supposed to be a melting pot of different cultures…