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As America enters the 21st century, U.S. students continue to slip behind in the world's rankings in science and math. Yet, at the same time, state prison budgets are increasing nearly three times as fast as budgets for education. Linda Darling-Hammond, a chief education advisor to President... read more
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“For students of color in the US, the pipeline leads more profusely at every juncture. Only about 17% of African American young people between the ages of 25 and 29, and only 11% of Hispanic youth had earned a college degree in 2005, as compared to 34% of white youth in the same age bracket.”
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- United States
- California
- Finland
- Singapore
- Connecticut
- New York City
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- Massachusetts
- Texas
- Chicago
- South Korea
- South Carolina
- Japan
- Pisa
- Hong Kong
- America
- England
- Australia
- Sweden
- San Diego
- Florida
- Jordan
- China
- San Francisco
- Arizona
- Washington
- Kentucky
- Canada
- Vermont
- Philadelphia
- Los Angeles
- Maine
- Newark
- Boston
- Norway
- Luther Burbank
- Switzerland
- Milwaukee
- Asia
- New Tech High
- Rochester
Authors & Contributors edit
- Linda Darling-Hammond (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: LC213.D37 2010
- Dewey: 379.260973
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