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HARD TRUTHS DEEP DIVE — Race and Education in America

Education is viewed as America’s great equalizer. But our segregated past supports barriers to quality education today. https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-race-and-education-in-america-f59138e1-f602-4aad-8b69-c5ee467af577.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

This special report explores the impact of race in America when it comes to education.

In America, it's better to be born wealthy — which often means white — than to be born smart. https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-failed-promise-f89cb2af-79c3-4993-bb7e-65c306cc5a2f.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

It's better to be born wealthy in America than to be born smart

For decades, the U.S. has held up schooling as the key to unlocking the American dream, but the facts tell us that education's promise is a false one.
https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-failed-promise-f89cb2af-79c3-4993-bb7e-65c306cc5a2f.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

From laws that prohibited education of enslaved people to Trump's rollback of ways to diversify schools, education has been unequal in America. https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-history-timeline-unequal-2713d87b-c42a-422a-953a-1f94b4e414c9.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

From laws that prohibited education of slaves to Trump's rollback of ways to diversify schools.

Property taxes are the oxygen that makes public schools thrive, allowing districts with large, wealthy tax bases to offer better educational opportunities to their students while leaving districts with smaller tax bases starved for cash. https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-funding-987870a5-e62f-4e00-8433-8bd8c2991af1.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

The gap plays an outsized role in perpetuating inequality in U.S. schools.

Black and Latino students are likely to live in poorer neighborhoods and therefore attend poorer schools — short-changing their education and producing consequences that snowball throughout K-12 and beyond. https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-funding-987870a5-e62f-4e00-8433-8bd8c2991af1.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

A strong majority of Americans say our public education system is unequal, and half say the nation's schools aren't well equipped to help children of all races and ethnicities succeed, according to a new Axios-Ipsos survey. https://www.axios.com/education-schools-race-inequity-poll-1a1af17b-8a8a-460e-921e-aee99e30c493.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

American history classes have failed to represent the experiences that children of color live, leaving some students struggling to see themselves or their cultures as part of America. https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-teaching-race-history-6c4640ba-3f2b-4c43-94db-376f3571bd86.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

Children of color often struggle to see themselves in their history lessons.

Ethnic studies courses can narrow the learning gap and boost the academic performance of some students of color at risk of dropping out, experts say.
https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-teaching-race-history-6c4640ba-3f2b-4c43-94db-376f3571bd86.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

Environment deeply affects adolescent wellness, and families have come to rely heavily on schools to help them meet challenges ranging from poverty and discrimination to societal pressures to succeed. https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-school-resources-9a8514d8-187b-4086-8e45-f68eaf54bce5.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

14 million students are in schools with no counselor, nurse, psychologist or social worker.

Black, Latino and Native American students need different kinds of support beyond the classroom to do well in school and for sound emotional development into adulthood.
https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-education-school-resources-9a8514d8-187b-4086-8e45-f68eaf54bce5.html?deepdive=1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd111420&utm_content=1100

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