Education Equity

Racial and income gaps in standardized test scores and college readiness have increased over time, while gaps in graduation rates have decreased. Minnesota test scores and college readiness continue to rank above the national average, but a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis found that Minnesota has some of the worst racial and socioeconomic education gaps in the country. Nearly 70 years after the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision, Minnesota’s education system still has a negative disparate impact on BIPOC students, especially Black and Native American students.  

The Education Equity program area combats the growing racial disparities in education by identifying and amplifying programming and policy solutions.