Hidden Inequities
An Education Week Analysis
It鈥檚 no secret that many students of color, low-income students, and students with disabilities often lag behind their classmates in school. The mechanisms and circumstances that create or widen the divides between academic haves and have nots can be harder to see. This six-month series, conducted in collaboration with the Education Week Research Center, highlights some of the unseen disparities that contribute to achievement gaps among students across the nation.
Equity & Diversity
Student Mobility Takes an Academic Toll. But Why?
While the effects of midyear moves are not well understood, the new federal law requires schools to keep better track of military, foster-care, and homeless students.
School & District Management
When a Community Loses Its 69传媒
School closures often affect poor students, African-American students, and rural communities like Hughes, Ark.
School Climate & Safety
70,000 69传媒 With Disabilities Secluded, Restrained in School
An Education Week Research Center analysis finds that 1 in 100 special education students was physically restrained or placed in seclusion from classmates in 2013-14.
Families & the Community
Video
Hidden Inequities: How Differences in Parents鈥� Income Play Out in 69传媒
Parents who earn $75,000 a year are more likely than parents at the low end of the income scale to volunteer in school, attend school meetings, or move so that their children can attend a better school, according to data gathered by Education Week. And that can make a difference for their children: Parents who speak up tend to get what they ask for.
Budget & Finance
Do Private Donations Reinforce School Disparities?
An Education Week analysis of three neighboring Wis. districts shows how private dollars help shape differences in public schools.
Families & the Community
How Parents Widen鈥攐r Shrink鈥擜cademic Gaps
Middle-class parents are more adept than low-income families at navigating the social networks that link their children to school opportunities.
College & Workforce Readiness
The Challenge of Creating 69传媒 That 'Work for Everybody'
One high-achieving school works to get a handle on the racial- and income-based disparities that continue to divide its students.
Vol. 36, Issue 25