Schools can close summer learning gaps with these 4 strategies
By targeting specific students, removing barriers and involving families and communities, school districts can make summer learning more accessible to students who need it.
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Why is it so hard to close the racial health gap in the US?
From birth to end of life, African-Americans have worse health than whites. And, the gap keeps widening in some areas, as health care for some whites improves. What will it take to close the gap?
Why women still earn a lot less than men
A decade ago, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the latest legislative effort to close the persistent gap between how much women and men earn. Here’s why it hasn’t made much of a difference.
How reparations can be paid through school finance reform
A school finance expert and an education law scholar make the case for why reparations should be paid to African Americans by changing the way schools are funded.
Lackluster jobs growth and stagnant wages show why the Fed shouldn’t raise interest rates just yet
The July employment report suggests the recent trend of lackluster gains in jobs and wages is continuing, and a rate hike should therefore be off the table for the time being.
Green jobs are booming, but too few employees have sustainability skills to fill them – here are 4 ways to close the gap
Green jobs go beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. They’re found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management.
The orgasm gap: Picking up where the sexual revolution left off
The sexual revolution made it acceptable for women to have premarital sex. Yet, an orgasm gap remains. Addressing the cultural forces driving this gap has social implications beyond pleasure itself.
Women’s World Cup will highlight how far other countries have closed the gap with US – but that isn’t the only yardstick to measure growth of global game
The US national team is the favorite going into the tournament in New Zealand and Australia. But growth in the global game has seen others catch up.
Amid a raging pandemic, the US faces a nursing shortage. Can we close the gap?
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on another US medical emergency: a serious shortage of nurses.
Clinton presidency could shatter nation’s highest glass ceiling but won’t close political gender gap
Women have made remarkable strides in politics but a Hillary Clinton White House would still have to contend with continuing sexism against women in public life.
