Why Gentrified Neighborhoods Have Segregated Schools
I remember when the neighborhood was predominantly white, then changed to predominantly black. It's still mostly black but a lot whiter than it used to...
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Few States Teach K-12 Students About Money
Taking a finance course at your church? Ask if you can bring your kids along. Young people who practice sound money management even do better...
Chance the Rapper, Christopher Gray, Jesse Williams Host Scholly Scholarship Summit
SocialWorks and Scholly partner to host 1st Annual Scholly Scholarship Summit for Chicago public school juniors and seniors....
Straight Outta Compton—A Stunning School Turnaround
How does a district teetering on the edge of state receivership do a turnaround in fewer than 10 years? That's the astonishing and hopeful story...
Parents See Schools as Crucial to Home Buying Decision
Regardless of the role your child’s school is playing in your home buying decision, most financial experts will tell you that you shouldn’t spend more...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Launches “Dream Come True” Charter School in Harlem
According to recent sources, rap and hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs is set to launch a charter school in Harlem, opening fall 2016....
(Part II) Can Schools in Gentrifying Neighborhoods Become More Diverse, Too?
Efforts are underway to make under-enrolled, underperforming schools more attractive to gentrifying neighborhoods....
5 Facts About the School-to-Prison Pipeline
School-to-prison pipeline: Statistics show nationwide epidemic of minority children directed from school to prison....
How Do We Cut the School to Prison Pipeline? Rethink Discipline
How school districts around the nation are striving to decrease suspensions and expulsions...
African Americans Less Likely to be Dean than Director
African Americans and Hispanic Americans are far less likely to hold the dean's chair at America's leading business schools....