The racial gap in academic performance between whites and Asians, on the one hand, and Latinos and blacks, on the other hand, is America's most urgent...
...2003. This led to fierce and wildly unfair criticism by Democrats and the liberal media. However, as Abigail Thernstrom pointed out in her book, Voting Rights—And Wrongs, the career staff’s leaked memorandum was a “rambling, barely coherent...
Media Matters for America - Latest Items, October 3, 2011
...Who Is J. Christian Adams? 11 minutes ago — 0 Comments New Black Panthers Party fabulist J. Christian Adams is a long-time right-wing activist who began working for the U.S. Department of Justice during its notorious era of politicized hiring and now...
...to start a book club for women in Tehran. No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning Author Abigail Thernstrom takes a close look at the racial gaps that still exist in learning and proposes causes and solutions. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers A hurricane...
...being among the most influential in the country by such figures as former Education Secretary Bill Bennett, scholar Abigail Thernstrom and former HCFA administrator Gail Wilensky. In 1993, Mr. Fund was the recipient of the Warren Brookes Award for...