 Dear reader,
After listening to lively and often contentious arguments over the use of race in college admissions before the Supreme Court Monday, I went back to ponder a remark made by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “If you’re Black,” she said, “you’re more likely to be in an under-resourced school. You’re more likely to be taught by teachers who are not as qualified as others. You’re more likely to be viewed as having less academical potential.”
Regardless of how the court rules (and yesterday’s hearings made it plainly obvious that many of the justices are highly skeptical of race-conscious admissions) Sotomayor’s comments in many ways underscored the heart of our work covering inequality in education at The Hechinger Report. We’ll be closely watching and reporting on the outcome of this case with our partners at WCNY and Retro Report, and we are publishing an array of opinions on the topic – and welcome yours.
This week we also look at the beleaguered child-care industry, and at the successes vocational schools are having in Massachusetts, among other topics. As always, we love hearing opinions, ideas and solutions from our readers, amid great concern over plunging test scores and pandemic-related learning loss. Please remind others to sign up for our free newsletters, and consider becoming a Hechinger Report member.
Liz Willen, Editor
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