What Future for School Integration?
July 31, 2015
In a previous post on Brown v. Board and racial segregation in America’s schools, ongoing integration efforts in the Connecticut schools were presented as a positive example of...
The Worsening Case of Segregation in America’s Neighborhoods
July 16, 2015
A new study on racial and income segregation in America sheds new light on the depth of these problems and exemplifies the dangers of color-blindness in housing, education,...
SCOTUS Decision: “Disparate Impact” and the Future of Equal Access to Housing
June 25, 2015
The Supreme Court released its decision today on the constitutionality of a policy aimed at promoting racially and socioeconomically-diverse, integrated communities across...
Brown v. Board at 61
June 23, 2015
“Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments…It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today, it is a principal instrument...
Honoring Nelson Mandela
December 24, 2013
“President Mandela stands among our greatest leaders whose influence changes the very course of history itself. His life was dedicated toward the betterment of humanity—above...
Does your region rank high in opportunity? ISP Partner Opportunity Nation’s Updated Opportunity Index
November 6, 2013
WCCCD’s Institute for Social Progress is one of twelve institutions on the higher education council of Opportunity Nation, a bipartisan and cross-sector national campaign...
Investing in Education Like Our Children Matter
October 30, 2013
Despite all of the debate and conversation about what our children should learn, there is a quickly growing gap in educational equity.
Kirwan Institute at The Ohio State...
When It Comes to Healthy Food, Geography Matters
October 30, 2013
Access to healthy food choices is one of 16 key factors that affect a region’s ability to expand economic and social mobility for its residents, according to ISP Partner...
Third-Graders Teach Tolerance
June 24, 2013
Recounted by Cara Liebowitz in an essay for the Southern Poverty Law Center
The day I met the third-grade class I would be working with for six weeks, I was nervous. I sank...
Scotus Decision on Affirmative Action
June 24, 2013
Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to decline to rule on the use of affirmative action in higher education (via Fisher v. University of Texas/UT) importantly...