Voucher Backers Focus on Minority Dropouts
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By Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--AUSTIN -- Framing the issue as the latest front in the civil rights movement, thousands of parents, educators, and students descended on the state Capitol on Wednesday to support school vouchers.
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The largest school board in Canada plans to launch a black-focused school to tackle the problem of high dropout rates.
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Here was the idea: Students from low-income inner-city backgrounds could perform as well as better-off suburban students &#151; if they had a school that gave them proper support.
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Universities were encouraged yesterday to give preference to students from minority backgrounds in a scheme that could see working-class and ethnic minority applicants
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Money to support pupils who have special educational needs could be mis-spent, campaigners say.
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University officials argued that early admissions programs put low-income and minority applicants at a distinct disadvantage.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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The U.S. government has shortchanged minority farmers, providing them with a fraction of the aid given to their white counterparts, Oxfam said in a report on Thursday, as the aid and advocacy group pushed Congress to craft legislation reversing decades of exclusion.
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NOBLEJAS, Spain Â A small-town Spanish mayor concerned about a high dropout rate in local schools has devised a way to keep kids studying Â pay them.
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As candidates drop out, survivors try to secure support, and money, from backers left in cold.
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The Black Coaches Association&#39;s latest report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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Black leaders are claiming success in  their efforts to register new voters after the 2000 election  debacle in Florida and are focusing now on getting them to the  polls in next month's presidential election.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  Schools in low-income areas could be getting some extra money that would help make up for fee waivers granted to students coming from poverty-stricken homes.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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America's once-proud public school system -- the great equalizer of our democratic society -- is failing an entire generation of students. Millions of high-school students are donning their caps and gowns this month, but a new Education Week report reveals that more than 1.2 million students will fail to graduate high school this year. Half of our black and Hispanic male students are dropping out of public high schools.
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Motivated by unpleasant memories of the 2000 Florida recount, black leaders determined to boost voter turnout this fall are enlisting hip-hop artists and community organizations in campaigns to register millions of new voters.
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By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun  Jan. 31--Two days. Two deals. One town: Baltimore. One industry: for-profit education. One outcome: Public shareholders are left behind.   Corporate siblings Laureate Education and Educate Inc.