#  Education 

 



Please note that this section is still being developed. If you have suggestions for resources, please send them to us at <cpic@fas.harvard.edu>.

**Further Reading**

- "[Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&)" by David Leonhardt
- "[Colleges Soak Poor Students to Funnel Aid to Rich](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-08/colleges-soak-poor-u-s-students-while-funneling-aid-to-rich.html)" by John Hechinger and Janet Lorin
- “[First Generation Students Unite](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/education/edlife/first-generation-students-unite.html)” by Laura Pappano
- “[For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/education/poor-students-struggle-as-class-plays-a-greater-role-in-success.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&)” by Jason DeParle (includes audio)
- ["Good News in Mississippi: School-To-Prison Pipeline Closes"](http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/05/good_news_in_miss_school-to-prison_pipeline_closed.html) by Brentin Mock
- "[The Harlem Project](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/magazine/the-harlem-project.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm)" by Paul Tough
- “[How School Reform Preserves the ‘Status Quo’](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/05/29/how-school-reform-preserves-the-status-quo-and-what-real-change-would-look-like/)” by Valerie Strauss
- “[Kindergarten teacher: My job is now about tests and data-- not children. I quit.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/23/kindergarten-teacher-my-job-is-now-about-tests-and-data-not-children-i-quit/)” by Valerie Strauss
- ["Mapping the Backlash Against High-Stakes Testing \[Infographic\]"](http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/04/mapping_the_backlash_against_high-stakes_testing.html) by Julianne Hing
- "[Next Test: Value of $125,000-a-Year Teachers](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/education/05charter.html?_r=0)" by Elissa Gootman
- “[An Open Letter to New Teach for America Recruits](http://nepc.colorado.edu/blog/open-letter-new-teach-america-recruits)” by Katie Osgood
- “[Race, Disability and the School-to-Prison Pipeline](http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/05/race_disability_and_the_school_to_prison_pipeline.html)” by Julianne Hing
- “[The Real Number of Hours Teachers Work in One Eye-Opening Graphic](http://www.upworthy.com/the-real-number-of-hours-teachers-work-in-one-eye-opening-graphic-3)” from busyteacher.org
- "[A Simple Way to Send Poor Kids to Top Colleges](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/a-simple-way-to-send-poor-kids-to-top-colleges.html?hp&_r=1&)" by David Leonhardt
- “[Unequal Classrooms: What Online Education Cannot Teach](http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/07/29/unequal-classrooms-what-online-education-cannot-teach/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en)” by Jennifer M. Morton
- “[Why Teachers of Color Stay](http://www.teachforamerica.org/blog/why-teachers-color-stay)” by Amber Walker

**Multimedia**

- "[How A Teacher Encouraged Her Students with an 'F'](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rita-f-pierson/student-teacher-relationships_b_3203159.html)" by Rita F. Pierson