Affirmative-Action for White Protestants
A different side to affirmative-action: How legacy admissions maintained white Protestant student enrollment at elite universities.
The Case for Abigail Fisher: A History of Affirmative-Action Cases
Three affirmative-action cases set precedent for the Supreme Court as they make a decision on Fisher vs. University of Texas.
Desegregating Mizzou
It took twelve years and the Supreme Court before the University of Missouri agreed to accept black students.
When a Memoir Tells Half the Story: Prince Edward County and School Desegregation
Kristen Green's memoir Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County neglects the broader significance of the county's school desegregation crisis.
Charter School Networks: How They’re Funded
We look at the role the federal government and private donors play in funding charter school networks.
Does Universal Pre-K Help Working Mothers?
Pre-K may help the child, but does it get mothers back to work?
Bringing Education to Prisoners
Is there an alternative to the punitive treatment of criminals? We look at the history of correctional education reforms within the American prison system.
The Racism of History Textbooks
How history textbooks reinforced narratives of racism, and the fight to change those books from the 1940s to the present.
Visual Literacy in the Age of Open Content
We need a visual literacy to help us negotiate new ways of seeing, but also new ways of accessing, manipulating, and reusing visual content.