Powerful Country, Weak Schools

American education through the lens of social inequality

By Merary Flores Galindo and Dr. Benjamin Drury

Public education funding in the U.S. needs an overhaul By Sylvia Allegretto, Emma García, and Elaine Weiss

The United States, a powerful nation founded on principles of freedom and equality, has a complex history characterized by racial disparities and social inequality. Dysfunctional social institutions, rooted in historic oppression and institutional racism, have had a significant…