More than half of students in the U.S. go to segregated or "racially concentrated" schools, according to the report. Those are schools in which more than three-quarters of students are white, or more than three-quarters are nonwhite.

A mailer sent to low-income students with that promise led to a major jump in enrollment at the University of Michigan, according to a new study.

Chicago’s troubling homicide rate could be significantly reduced through a massive increase in state spending for Chicago schools.