Race in American Public Policy

A Newark Prep Charter School student listens to math teacher, Faiza Sheikh (not pictured), give a lesson at the school in Newark, New Jersey

Discipline disparities and discrimination in schools

Nathan Barrett, Andrew McEachin, Jonathan Mills, and Jon Valant

Monday, November 20, 2017

Teachers Carla Smith and Laura Johnson pose for a picture with their third grade class at Jesse Sherwood Elementary School in the Englewood neighbourhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States, September 23, 2015. Nearly three years after Taliban gunmen shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist last week urged world leaders gathered in New York to help millions more children go to school. World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October, a Unesco initiative highlighting the work of educators struggling to teach children amid intimidation in Pakistan, conflict in Syria or poverty in Vietnam. Even so, there have been some improvements: the number of children not attending primary school has plummeted to an estimated 57 million worldwide in 2015, the U.N. says, down from 100 million 15 years ago. Reuters photographers have documented learning around the world, from well-resourced schools to pupils crammed into corridors in the Philippines, on boats in Brazil or in crowded classrooms in Burundi. REUTERS/Jim Young PICTURE 31 OF 47 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD"SEARCH "EDUCATORS SCHOOLS" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000226462

How school district boundaries can create more segregated schools

Richard V. Reeves, Nathan Joo, and Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Monday, November 20, 2017

Students exit a bus as they arrive at Venice High School in Los Angeles, California

60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, how racially balanced are America’s public schools?

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst, Richard V. Reeves, Nathan Joo, and Edward Rodrigue

Monday, November 20, 2017

Map of racial imbalances in U.S. public schools

Racial imbalances in U.S. public schools

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst, Richard V. Reeves, Edward Rodrigue, and Nathan Joo

Monday, November 20, 2017

A teacher helps his student with a physics experiment at the Oxford International College in Changzhou, Jiangsu province January 10, 2013. The website for a private school in Changzhou, one of China's smaller cities, features blue blazers and plaid skirts, music classes and an ivy-clad brick doorway -- all the trappings of the British school system designed to appeal to wealthy Chinese parents. In choosing a smaller city, Oxford International College - no relation to the British university - is tapping into a growing market of upwardly-mobile Chinese willing to pay as much as 260,000 yuan ($41,700) a year for a Western-style education and a ticket to college overseas for their children. Picture taken January 10, 2013. To match Feature CHINA-SCHOOLS REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E91E0E6Y01

4 ways to measure diversity among public school teachers

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Friday, November 17, 2017

Graduating students of the City College of New York sit together in their caps and gowns as they listen to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's address during the College's commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX2FKNP

American students need to be able to dream big

Lillian M. Lowery and Wil Del Pilar

Thursday, November 16, 2017

A teacher helps his student with a physics experiment at the Oxford International College in Changzhou, Jiangsu province January 10, 2013. The website for a private school in Changzhou, one of China's smaller cities, features blue blazers and plaid skirts, music classes and an ivy-clad brick doorway -- all the trappings of the British school system designed to appeal to wealthy Chinese parents. In choosing a smaller city, Oxford International College - no relation to the British university - is tapping into a growing market of upwardly-mobile Chinese willing to pay as much as 260,000 yuan ($41,700) a year for a Western-style education and a ticket to college overseas for their children. Picture taken January 10, 2013. To match Feature CHINA-SCHOOLS REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E91E0E6Y01

The importance of a diverse teaching force

Thursday, November 16, 2017

The statue of Robert E. Lee is seen in Dallas, Texas, U.S. August 19, 2017. REUTERS/Rex Curry - RC18157A27A0

Removing racist monuments is about making history, not erasing it

Thursday, November 9, 2017

"Made in Detroit" banner

Why black cities matter

Fred Dews and Andre M. Perry

Friday, November 3, 2017

Pupils pose for a photograph in Ms. Yasmin Hussain

The education melting pot?

Wednesday, November 1, 2017