Research Reports

How Zero Tolerance Policies and High Stakes Testing Subvert Academic Excellence and Racial Equity.

An Examination of Racial Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools. © Applied Research Center, March 2000. Principal Researchers: Rebecca Gordon, Libero Della Piana, & Terry Keleher.

An Examination of Racial Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools. © Applied Research Center, March 2000. Principal Researchers: Rebecca Gordon, Libero Della Piana, & Terry Keleher

Learn more about the history of public schools in the U.S. with this timeline.

This may seem like a question with an obvious answer, but not all countries have free public schools. In many countries, people have to pay to send their kids to school not only to college, but to high school and even grade school.

This may seem like a question with an obvious answer, but not all countries have free public schools. In many countries, people have to pay to send their kids to school not only to college, but to high school and even grade school.

Standards for Excellence and Equity in Public Education. Public education doesn’t need politically inspired gimmicks like exit exams or vouchers.

Standards for Excellence and Equity in Public Education. Public education doesn’t need politically inspired gimmicks like exit exams or vouchers.

Study Finds Exit Exams Promote Racially Biased Outcomes. February 22, 1999. Media Contact: Andre Banks (917) 456-7759 cell.

News Release. October 10, 2000. Media Contact: Andre Banks , (917) 456-7759 cell.

A National Day of Action for Racial Justice Sets Stage for Report on Policies that Discriminate Against Students of Color. October 30, 2001. Media Contact: Andre Banks , (917) 456-7759 cell.

Media Advisory. A National Conference to Expose Racism and Advance School Excellence. Contact: Andre Banks , (917)456-7759 (cell).

Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Feb. 18, 2000 by Terry Keleher, Program Director, ERASE Initiative
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Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Feb. 18, 2000 by Terry Keleher, Program Director, ERASE Initiative
Applied Research Center.

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Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Feb. 18, 2000 by Terry Keleher, Program Director, ERASE Initiative
Applied Research Center.

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Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Feb. 18, 2000 by Terry Keleher, Program Director, ERASE Initiative
Applied Research Center.

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Testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Feb. 18, 2000 by Terry Keleher, Program Director, ERASE Initiative
Applied Research Center.

by Lisa Wong Macabasco One Saturday afternoon, 20 seven-year-olds squirm in their seats in the basement of the Transfiguration School in New York City’s Chinatown. Full article available on ColorLines here.

by Daisy Hernández. Bay Area students, many of them Black and Latino, filled the entrance to Richmond High School on May 17, ushering in the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision with a protest against unequal school funding that correlates to the racial make-ups of the schools. Full article available on ColorLines here.

By Gabrielle Banks. When he first assumed the California governorship four years ago, Gray Davis declared education his "first, second, and third priority."  Full article available on ColorLines here.