Education Issues: Contemporary

  • According to Minnesota's Constitution, "it is the duty of the legislature to establish a general and uniform system of public...

  • An American Founder once famously noted that "it is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be...

  • Affirmative action programs originated during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. What began as a drive to ensure that minorities were not discriminated against in the hiring process quickly took on a more active...

  • The “achievement gap” in education refers to the differences in academic performances between groups of students. Most often, the groups in question are defined by race/ethnicity, income, and gender. Means to assess...

  • It doesn’t take a genius to realize that there are differences between the male and female sexes. Ask anyone who has spent the tiniest amount of time with a group of children, and they will undoubtedly agree that boys...