Equity
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Diverse Conversations: The Academic Entrepreneur: Supplementing Your Income
More and more academics are recognizing the potential to supplement their income from higher education positions with out-of-the-box projects and schemes. To try and ... -
4 Reasons Why We Need More Minority Instructors in Schools and Colleges
The number of minority students enrolled in U.S. schools and colleges is growing at a rapid rate, yet student enrollment is not matched by ... -
Superstar Teachers – The Super Cure for Closing the Achievement Gap?
As I wrote on Wednesday, I’ve spent some time lately combing through the pages of Diane Ravitch’s book The Death and Life of the ... -
Epidemic of rights abuse fails black kids across the US
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ... -
What fewer women in STEM means for their mental health
Jennifer Drake, University of Toronto “You’re in engineering!?! Wow, you must be super-smart…” It has been over 10 years since I was a first-year ... -
Is early childhood education the key to more American Indians going to college?
The Ké’ Early Childhood Initiative convenes today in Albuquerque and will bring together 45 representatives from four American Indian tribal colleges who will discuss ... -
Why many smart, low-income students don’t apply to elite schools
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ... -
In 23 states, poor students see less school funding
Poverty makes it more difficult for children to succeed in school, and they come to school at a disadvantage. These students tend to have ... -
Poverty and School Funding: Why Low-Income Students Often Suffer
By Matthew Lynch While the current U.S. economy continues to improve, there is one area that is still feeling the squeeze from the recession ... -
Top 3 Award-Winning HBCUs
In recent years, HBCUs have been closing at an alarming rate. It can seem like these schools, once meant to provide education opportunities to ...
