In a recent study, high school students who identified with multiple racial groups reported either equal or higher psychological well-being and social engagement than those who identified primarily with a single group.

Tagged: race, Business

Let's say a white student and a black student both score 1020 on their SATs. Based on their scores it stands to reason they're both typical students with the same level of potential, right? Wrong, say psychologists at Stanford University and the University of Waterloo.

Tagged: psychology, race, K-12 Education, Humanities & Sciences

Not long after a congressional panel warned the country was splitting into separate societies divided by race, the nation took notice. More money was pumped into urban schools. Opportunities once reserved for white students began opening to their black peers. New teachers were encouraged to take jobs in city schools.

That was 40 years ago. But educators and policy experts who gathered last week at Stanford said that many achievements that peaked in the country's schools by the mid-1970s have eroded.

Tagged: learning, poverty, race, youth, K-12 Education, Education

A poll conducted in partnership with Stanford suggests that Barack Obama could lose a close election to John McCain because of voters' feelings about race.

Tagged: election, race, voting, Public Service, Humanities & Sciences