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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: Education

Poor Students in Poor Schools have Poor Prospects: Surprise!

Citizen Wealth Education May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 by digital

Los Angeles     The tide keeps coming in to drawn the opportunity any might hope to find that education will be the lifeline for poor students, sadly regardless of ability to have a shot at the same future other accidents of birth might have delivered. A new study comparing other industrial countries finds that socioeconomic background …

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The Attack on Lower Income College Students is Widespread and Predatory

Citizen Wealth Education Financial Justice May 19, 2014 by digital

Little Rock       When it comes to looking at the plight and prospects for students from lower income and working families it is not a matter of “no news is good news,” but all the news is bad news!   Let us count just some of the ways…. The Supreme Court kicks affirmative action to the curb …

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Supreme Court Ok’s Building A Separate and Unequal Educational System

Citizen Wealth Education Financial Justice National Politics April 23, 2014 by digital

New Orleans   There are now more than a dozen states that have banned the use of race as an affirmative action tool in determining admission to state funded colleges and universities.   The Supreme Court in reviewing a ban by voters in Michigan determined on a 6-2 vote that it was OK with them.  They went …

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