Schott Foundation for Public Education
The mission of The Schott Foundation for Public Education is to develop and strengthen a broad-based and representative movement to achieve fully resourced preK-12 public education in Massachusetts and New York.
Not All Public Educations Are Equal Every day, hundreds of thousands of children in the United States attend dilapidated public schools with overcrowded classrooms, and outdated text books and materials. They are frequently denied access to quality teaching as well. At the Schott Foundation, we believe that quality public education is a mainstay of our democracy. Quality public education provides not only the route out of poverty, but can dismantle structural racism and transform young lives. This conviction drives Schott’s grant-making strategy, which seeks to ensure fairness, opportunity and access to high quality public schools for all children.
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Given Half A Chance: Black Males in Public Schools are Driven to Drop Out 50+ Years Post Brown v. Board of Education, Schott Foundation Report Reveals that States and Districts Fail to Educate the Majority of Male Black Students The release of the 2008 Schott Foundation Report entitled "Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education for Black Males," details the disturbing reality of America's national racial achievement gap. State-by-state data demonstrate that districts with large Black enrollments educate their White, non-Hispanic peers, but fail to educate the majority of their Black male students. Schott Foundation President and CEO Dr. John H. Jackson and national leaders will issue a call to action to redirect the pipeline that significantly denies Black male students equal opportunity to participate in our democratic society. Thought and opinion leaders will outline solutions to address urban segregated schools that often operate as drop-out factories and highlight local models for improving public education for all students in the U.S.
