Engines of Inequality

From my friend Andy Smarick, Director of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools:

The article about colleges and affirmative action reminded me of this brief report from the Education Trust: http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/F755E80E-9431-45AF-B28E-653C612D503D/0/EnginesofInequality.pdf

It’s about college access for low-income and minority students.  It’s had a bigger impact on me than any report I’ve read over the last two years.  The graph on page 15 is astounding: a brilliant poor kid is as likely to go to college as a dumb rich kid.