A report out today from the Alliance for Excellent Education says the nation's failure to provide all children with an equal education has "dire economic consequences" that will only worsen as the population of students of color grows.
"The global economy demands knowledge and skills, and America cannot afford to ignore the gaps in educational achievement and disparate high school graduation rates that keep it from producing a workforce that possesses both," says the report, Inseparable Imperatives: Equity in Education and the Future of the ... released by the Washington-based nonprofit. "U.S. policymakers searching for a formula to rebuild the economy must include equity in their equation."
