The huge difference in academic performance between students from different economic circumstances and racial/ethnic backgrounds.

A effective teacher is the single most important factor in boosting student achievement.

Annually, the US spends $9,644 per student compared to $22,600 per prison inmate.

90% of incoming freshmen at the top 150 colleges come from families in the top half of U.S. annual income distribution.

In 1970, the United States had 30% of the world's college graduates, now it has only 15%.

On average, an American student drops out of high school every 26 seconds.

18% of all college-ready high school graduates are African-American or Latino.

Only about half the nation's African-American & Latino students graduate from high school on time.

Black and Latino students are 2-3x more likely to have below basic skills in reading and math.

90% of incoming freshman at the top 150 colleges come from families in the top half of U.S. annual income distribution.

70% of top income earners have at least a bachelor's degree.

High school graduates will earn ~$1 million less over their working lives than college graduates.

College graduates are 50% more likely to vote than high school graduates.

High school graduates live up to 7 years longer than high school dropouts.

A high school dropout is 5-8x more likely to be incarcerated than a college graduate.

American 15 year-olds' math skills rank 25th internationally.

By 4th grade, Black and Latino students are on average nearly 3 academic years behind their white and Asian counterparts.

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Daily News Roundup—February 8, 2010
on Feb 08, 2010 by The EEP Team

Monday February 8, 2010 - Check out the most recent editorial and relevant articles in the world of education reform. Last week to enter EEP’s unofficial anthem contest! Entering is easy – submit the song you think best fits our mission, plus a sentence or two telling us why by February 14, 2010.

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ESEA In 2010?—Ellen Winn, Director, EEP
on Feb 07, 2010 by National Journal Education Expert Blog

Have President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan breathed new life into the effort to renew the No Child Left Behind law this year? Can the administration generate the momentum for Congress to pass a reauthorization, even in an election year in which many other issues are crowding the agenda?

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Education Equality Project Announces Election of New Board Chairs
on Feb 07, 2010 by The EEP Team

The Education Equality Project (EEP), a leader in the civil rights movement to eliminate the racial and ethnic achievement gap in public education, today announced that Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, New York City schools; Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., President and CEO of UNCF; and Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza were unanimously elected as Co-Chairpersons of the EEP Board of Directors.

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Pass the Squishy
on Feb 07, 2010 by JENNIFER MEDINA (NY Times)

OF all the supplies at Haven Academy, a charter school in the South Bronx, none matter as much as the squishy. Like any elementary school, Haven has pencils, books and desks. But it is the squishy — a colorful rubber ball with dozens of tentacles that can withstand the strength of any young student — that daily absorbs a fit of anger or a mess of tears.

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