A federal commission has found U.S. education policies are burdening students from low-income families. In a new report, the Equity and Excellence Commission concluded: “No other developed nation has inequities nearly as deep or systemic; no other developed nation has … so thoroughly stacked the odds against so many of its children.” The panel goes on to call for greater investments in public education, better training of teachers, equality in allocating funds, and a new push for more ethnically diverse schools. The commission was created by the Department of Education, but its findings largely reject the department’s bipartisan education reform effort, saying the focus on charter schools and standardized testing has been “poorly targeted.”
Dept. of Education Panel Says School System Burdening Low-Income Children
HeadlineFeb 20, 2013