On Course to Equality
 

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, moving us one step closer to fulfilling the American promise that we commemorate this week. On this Independence Day, with our first African-American president, there’s good reason to celebrate the hard-won, breathtaking progress our nation has made.   

 

Even as we celebrate, we cannot for a moment forget the work yet to be done.

 

Too many children – particularly our low-income children and children of color – attend schools that are still unworthy of their dreams and unworthy of our national values. 

 

We must ensure that EVERY American child gets the education he or she needs to contribute to and benefit from the mainstream of our civic, cultural, and economic life. It’s up to all of us to live up to the promise – for our children and our great nation.

 

This Independence Day, let us resolve that, Yes, We Can.

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Featured Reports & Presentations	Data Tools & Web Resources
Core Problems Learn about how out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses in high-poverty and high-minority schools. Counting On Graduation Find out what states are doing (and not doing) to boost graduation rates and learn about specific recommendations for improvement. Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation’s Premier Public Universities Find out how financial-aid choices made by the nation’s flagship universities create barriers to enrollment and success for low-income students and students of color. Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students Take an in-depth look into the practices of public high schools that serve high concentrations of either low-income or minority children and have a strong track record accelerating learning for students who enter high school below grade level.	NEW! 2009 Education Watch State Summaries Get a snapshot of student achievement and the condition of public education in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the nation.
	College Results Online  Examine graduation rates at virtually any four-year college and university in the nation by students’ race, ethnicity, and gender.
	Spotlight on High Schools Find resources to help you understand the challenges facing American high schools.   Tools for Parents  Analyze data and download free guides for African-American and Latino parents. Latino parent guide and state reports also are available in Spanish. No Child Left Behind Get the real facts on the law and how it can help close the achievement gap.
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