Think about this: In America today, Latino and African American 17-year-olds have math and reading skills at the same level as white 13-year-olds. Each year 1.2 million students do not graduate from high school on time and approximately HALF of inner-city students of color do not graduate from high school on time. African American students graduate at 51%, Latinos at 55% and their white counterparts at 51%.
These aren't new problems, they go back decades, leaving children under-educated and unprepared. We call this the achievement gap -- and the time to close it is now. Our public schools cannot continue to fail millions of students each year.
The Education Equality Project is a non-partisan group of elected officials, civil rights leaders, and education reformers working to bring equity to our public education system. We are building a movement of students, teachers, parents, & leaders to eliminate the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education.
Join us to learn more about how to transform schools and results for our students. Find us online at: www.edreform.org, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EdEquality, and on Twitter at twitter.com/EdEquality.
Ellen Winn
Director
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