This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a month ago, the African American Charter Schools Coalition accused the School District of Philadelphia of discriminating against Black-led charter schools by targeting them for closure at a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Issues of Black-white inequality and racial injustice have taken center stage over the past year to a degree not seen for a generation. These issues cover a wide range of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite a slight increase in the number of engineering degrees achieved by Black/African American and Latinx students over the past two decades, the two groups still lag severely when it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Theodore Edson Parker Foundation has a history of prioritizing its commitment to underserved groups in Lowell, Massachusetts, the city in which the foundation was established in 1944. But in order to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many companies talk the talk when it comes to diversity, but it’s harder to know if a firm is actually going the extra mile to hire more qualified people from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New findings from the health outcomes group at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center point to yet another area where the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected cancer patients: Many more Medicaid patients…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Eva Dawn Burk first saw Calypso Farm and Ecology Center in 2019, she felt enchanted. Calypso is an educational farm tucked away in a boreal forest in Ester, Alaska, near…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. The various benefits of having Black educators teach Black students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Serena Williams knew her body well enough to listen when it told her something was wrong. Winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, she’d been playing tennis since age 3—as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Clint Myrick graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2010, he left with two consequential pieces of paper: a diploma for a bachelor’s degree in music education — and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the United States, people are fighting for equity and justice within their workplaces. This year, Glassdoor even named diversity and inclusion a top workplace trend. As more companies publicly denounce racism,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I can’t stop thinking about the news regarding the remains of 215 Native children found at the site of a residential school in Kamloops Canada. It is deeply sad and horrifying. I…