"I see this as the civil rights issue of our generation?the poorest kid, from the toughest community from the most dysfunctional family?can thrive when given a good education?but put that child in school that has a 40, 50 or 60 percent dropout rate?then we as educators, we're perpetuating poverty, we're perpetuating failure.''*
?Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
?Duncan visits NJ, says minority teachers needed,? Bloomberg Businessweek
$15,686
The amount of money Tonya McDowell, a homeless woman who lied about her permanent address, is being charged with stealing by sending her son to a school outside the district
?The Root: Good Education Is A Right ? Not A Crime,? NPR
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute