(The Atlantic ) By Rose Corteau — Shortly after moving to New York two years ago, I began volunteering as a writing mentor at Minds Matter, a large, multi-city nonprofit that helps prepare underserved high-school students for college. Just a few months earlier, I’d graduated from a liberal-arts college I’d attended after participating in a […]
Read More »(The Atlantic) By Jill Barshay Tracking, the practice of putting a small group of higher achieving students into separate advanced or honors classes, isn’t popular with progressive educators. Previous research has pointed out that it exacerbates inequality in our schools because higher income and white or Asian kids are more likely to get tracked into the elite […]
Read More »(Harvard Crimson) by William S. Flanagan, Michael E. Xie. An anti-affirmative action group seeking insight into Harvard’s undergraduate admissions processes has subpoenaed three more competitive high schools—in addition to Boston Latin School—in its ongoing lawsuit accusing Harvard of discriminating against Asian Americans. Students for Fair Admissions, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, is requesting depositions from representatives of […]
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