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Higher Education Is the New Poverty Pimp

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Higher Education Is the New Poverty Pimp

I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a while and here it is—higher education is the new poverty pimp in Black communities with student loans being the latest form of...

December 4 2020

By Tanesha Peeples

SAT Administrators Think It’s Impossible for This Black Girl to Have Raised Her Score by 300 Points

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SAT Administrators Think It’s Impossible for This Black Girl to Have Raised Her Score by 300 Points

The number 22 stared me in the face. “Well, that’s as good as it’s gonna get, I guess,” I said with a shrug as I reviewed my ACT score when I was 17. My mom, my sisters, my...

January 3 2019

By Rob Samuelson

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For Too Many Parents, 'Good Schools' Still Mean 'White Schools'

This post is part of a two-part series on what it means to be in a "good school." Read the second part here on how "good schools" should reflect the diversity of our country.

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March 5 2018

By Sean Worley

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Why Math Identity Matters