This has been a hard year for poor children and children of color in a gridlocked and cantankerous Congress. The...
Read moreIt is often said that the best of intentions can result in miserable failure. Last week, the MSR examined the...
Read moreThe Community Standards Initiative (CSI), a community-based program to assist Black students, initially struck many as a novel idea with...
Read moreA 2012 Wilder Foundation research report forecast that 900,000-plus jobs will be need to be filled in the Twin Cities...
Read moreMinneapolis Public Schools is on the search for a new superintendent of schools.
Read moreWASHINGTON —Thousands of college students locally — and more than 500,000 in cities and towns across America — have been...
Read moreThe minority population has grown tremendously since the year 2000. According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population growth is...
Read moreG.E.A.R. U.P. (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program) was formed and put into place in 1993 by then-president...
Read moreThis Friday, more than 400 Black role models will visit students at schools in 67 cities across 32 states as...
Read moreThis summer, the Department of Education announced an experimental Second Chance Pell Pilot program to examine how such prison education...
Read moreWe did not speak well of Better Ed, which he acknowledges as “an American Experiment spin-off of which we’re very...
Read moreTo be clear, the leadership of Better Ed — which is an American Experiment spin-off of which we’re very proud...
Read moreYear after year in measure after measure, Black, Latino, and Native American students trail their White peers in educational outcomes....
Read moreBeginning with our May 21 issue this spring, the MSR has published a series of seven stories about an organization...
Read moreMany public school districts in this country are now “re-segregated.” This dreary fact, among others, was discussed during last week’s...
Read moreRecognizing that a college degree is one of the surest paths to a job and economic security, Black families are...
Read moreMen of color would earn $170 billion more a year, if they reached the same education level as White men,...
Read moreIn our May 21 issue, the MSR began a series of stories looking into an organization called Better Ed that...
Read moreIn these days of achievement gaps and disappointing graduation rates, one South Minneapolis high school this year graduated 100 percent...
Read moreNo Child Left Behind expired in 2007 — the law was the last time the original Elementary and Secondary Education...
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