Ivory Toldson, deputy director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs),will join several panelists tomorrow in a discussion on policies and priorities that will help eliminate systemic barriers for educational success at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. “Educational Success for Black Men and Boys in a Post Brown v. Board of Education Era” is being hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus and will be streamed live at cbc.fudge.house.gov. Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor, will moderate the panel.
In May 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional. Yet after six decades, equal access to a quality education is not a reality for millions of students, many of whom live in poverty and are children of color. This panel will discuss what policymakers, educators and community leaders can do together to close this gap.
America's public schools strive to offer a path to the middle class for children from hard-working families in every community, particularly those living in poverty. The Obama administration is committed to improving outcomes for underserved students–from the Preschool for All initiative to expanding Pell Grants it aims to ensure equity of opportunity.