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We all know about the American Dream, right? Start out poor, work hard, become rich. But Diana Elliott, with the Pew Charitable Trust's Economic Mobility…

As I was working on yesterday's story about charter schools, I came across a problem that must be frustrating for many parents: It is incredibly difficult…

There has been very little talk about poverty in this election. Just how little, you ask? So little there was an entire #talkpoverty twitter campaign to…

Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson sat down at a table in Texas to sign one of the most important pieces of education legislation in the…

We don't do a lot of movie reviews at State of Opportunity. In fact, we've only ever done one.What makes the documentary Rich Hill worth watching is also…

How are you preparing for the new year? Cleaning the house from top to bottom? Clearing out paper and files? Changing smoke alarm batteries? Yes, you…

“Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a phrase that used to describe trying to do something that was nearly impossible. (Imagine, for a moment,…

There’s a war raging in Lansing over the future of academic testing in Michigan.Last fall, Michigan school kids took what was supposed to be their last…

Promise Neighborhoods were launched in 2010 by the U.S. government as a way to improve educational opportunities for kids in high-poverty neighborhoods,…

Michigan ranks number 35 out of 50 states in providing educational, economic, and community involvement opportunities for its citizens, according to the…