Education Inequalities
Tips, tools and facts
You might have heard about a neighbor who hasn't spoken a word since the age of three. Or maybe you learned someone in your math...
A high school dropout will earn about $260,000 less than high school graduates and $800,000 less than college graduates in...
Jason was inspired by a 15 year old he tutored in West Philadelphia who couldn’t spell the word “ball.” How would this kid ever...
America loses hundreds of billions of dollars each year when young people drop out of high school because of lost productivity...
Accountability
The notion that people (e.g., students or teachers) or an organization (e.g., a school, school district, or state...
College costs have increased by 50% from 2000 to 2009.
According to a Pew Research Center study, 7 in 10 college chief...
If people you know are still in search of a summer job and feel completely out of options, offer to help them improve their job...
Chocolate can be bittersweet, and we don’t mean literally. While chocolate has many benefits to your health, some facts about...
What is the Poverty Line, anyway? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it's a family of four (two adults, two children) that...
What's the best way to promote a cause? If you're all about drama club, get your fellow actors together to perform a free play...
As a New Orleans native, Brandan lived through Hurricane Katrina. He has dedicated himself to improving the lives of his...
One in five adults in the developing world — almost 862 million people — cannot read or write.
Most illiterate persons are...
President Obama has publicly stated that he believes every American should have a college education. But in the last few years,...
An estimated 30 million Americans over 16 years old cannot perform simple and everyday literacy activities.
55% of adults with...
Rarely is a sequel better than the original, but The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn certainly surpasses its predecessor (The...
