1. Education as a Social Justice Issue

2. Why Education?

3. Why Differences?

4. See also: http://atlas.newamerica.org/school-finance#toc-federal-state-and-local-k-12-school-finance- overviewhttp://atlas.newamerica.org/school-finance#toc-federal-state-and-local-k-12-school-finance- overview

6. Funding Also see: http://febp.newamerica.net/k12/rankings/ppexpendhttp://febp.newamerica.net/k12/rankings/ppexpend

7. More on Funding “Other data show that communities where student poverty is rare tend to have well-funded schools, whereas schools in communities where student poverty is rampant tend to receive much less funding. “

10. The “Achievement Gap”

14. The National Gaps

16. So where’s the action?

17. “Closing the black/white educational achievement gap requires dealing with real issues that affect the education of black children. Significant closure in the educational achievement gap in Delaware will not occur until: (1) the educational establishment acknowledges that race and racism matters; (2) the educational system has the same academic expectations of black children it has of white children; and (3) the black community takes responsibility for the education of their children. “ http://www.udel.edu/blacksindelaware/Gap.html

18. http://www.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/statements_a nd_speeches/floor-speech-senator-coons-reintroduces- bill-to-help-at-risk-kids-access-college

19. http://growamericastronger.org/tag/income-inequality/

21. Effects of Education 0 “The data indicates that the strongest predictor of lack of health insurance was lack of education.” 0 “Overall, lack of access to health care was greatest for African Americans and Hispanics”

22. Data

25. Which means…