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Publication in:  Race and Social Problems 6 (4), December 2014. Abstract Social and economic disadvantage – not only poverty, but a host of associated conditions – depresses student performance. Concentrating students with these disadvantages in racially...

OCTOBER 28 In Jewish History 97: Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard, to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor. Trajan would not become Emperor until Nerva died in January of the following year. Trajan will be remembered...

Teacher quality has a huge impact. So how can we identify, educate and reward the good ones? (photo: Ethan Pines) Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is a rebroadcast of our episode “Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem?” ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Her face and bare arms painted with the words "medicina" and "UFRJ"—her major and the acronym, in Portuguese, of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro—Ana Carolina and some classmates stand on a busy street in Rio’s sunny Ipanema...

The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Jeopardizing the Future of America (San Francisco: City Lights, 2015). _____ That the United States has long had a less complete system...