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Our mission is in our name
"Providing Equitable Access to Children in Education" "We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else."
— President Barack Obama |
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Equity of Opportunity
The challenge of ensuring educational equity is formidable. Our country's international competitors are improving faster than we are educationally, and many are having greater success in closing achievement gaps—which remain stubbornly wide in the United States. Structural barriers, including inequitable funding systems, impede our progress. While one might expect schools in low-income communities to receive extra resources, the reverse is often true; a Department of Education study found that 45 percent of high-poverty schools received less state and local funding than was typical for other schools in their district.
Education Leaders
Samantha Briggs, Ph.D
Co-Principal |
Calvin Briggs, Ed.D
Principal |