Racial Equity
The Why and How of Increased Civics Instruction
With the implementation of Covid safety protocols in schools being hindered by widespread misinformation…
Closing Troubling Racial Gaps in Advanced Courses
Amid back-to-school debates over vaccinations, mask requirements and the right lens for learning history,…
A New Bipartisan Education Agenda
After nearly four decades, the bipartisan coalition that pushed higher standards, tests, and accountability systems…
What We Teach About Race and Gender
Research suggests that improving representation of different races, genders and age groups in…
State Legislation Restricting the Teaching of Racial History
The latest culture war in education is being fought over how schools teach racial issues…
The Case for Keeping a Remote Learning Option
This piece by FutureEd senior fellow Rishawn Biddle was published in…
Essay Content is Strongly Related to Household Income and SAT Scores
While there is a wealth of research connecting students’ household income to their…
The Kids on the Bus: The Consequences of School Reassignments
Despite the landmark Brown V. Board of Education ruling nearly seven decades ago, schools remain…
In Schools, Black Girls Confront Both Racial and Gender Bias
As schools grapple with longstanding racial inequities brought into sharp focus by recent cases of…
Pollution’s Troubling Consequences in the Classroom
Research has demonstrated that lead and other pollutant exposure can cause serious damage to children’s…
Minority Student and Teaching Assistant Interactions in STEM
Only 11 percent of college faculty identify as Black, Latino, or Native American,…
Racial Diversity and Measuring Merit: Evidence from Boston
Across the country, selective public schools have come under scrutiny for the lack…
The Striking Racial and Gender Bias in Classrooms and How to Address It
This commentary was published in The 74. Education research is replete with studies that…
The Impact of School Desegregation on White Attitudes and Politics
Advocates of school integration have long suggested that desegregation can improve the racial…
The Families Talking—and not Talking—with Children About Racism
The past year has brought a reckoning on racism in the United States, prompted by…
Why a Diverse Teaching Force Matters and How We Can Get There
Amid the current national reckoning on racial equity, research exploring the impact of Black teachers…
Long Run Changes After Affirmative Action Bans in Public Universities
When several states banned affirmative action in higher education admissions, they pledged to use…
Racial Bias and the Black-White Test Score Gap
Despite growing evidence of connections between racial bias and racial disparities in academic outcomes, far less…
The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students
What effect does police violence have on the psychological and educational well-being of inner-city high…
Bias in the Air: Teachers’ Implicit Racial Attitudes
Implicit bias involves prejudicial behaviors or judgments that take place outside of conscious awareness. Subsequently,…
Inequality in Black and White
We know that differences in family income and parental education levels are linked to achievement…
The Hidden History of Teacher Advocacy in the Civil Rights Movement
There has been a resurgence of both teacher activism and attention to the unfinished challenges…
Teacher Mindsets: How Educators’ Perspectives Shape Student Success
Research increasingly points to the importance of social and emotional learning to student…
Closing the Latino Leadership Gap
Representation matters. But for most Latino students across the country, a stark under-representation of Latinos…
