How These Charts Were Built

Data Sources:

  • Voter registration totals from official state election offices
  • Voting-age population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s CVAP tabulation

Methodology: Registration rates were calculated by dividing total registered voters by the estimated voting-age population for each county. Where racial breakdowns were available, Black registration rates were compared directly to Black voting-age population. Averages were derived across selected counties to illustrate structural exclusion and civic potential.

Education & Opportunity Hub: Building Equity in Learning

Education & Opportunity Hub

Discover the Education & Opportunity Hub – history, challenges, and policies shaping equal access to education and opportunity in Black communities across America. The Education & Opportunity Hub highlights the policies, practices, and reforms needed to guarantee every Black student access to equitable education, resources, and pathways to opportunity.

Education equity. From early learning to college and careers, we track policies that expand access, close gaps, and build pathways to upward mobility.

Education Equity – Why This Matters

Educational opportunity is the engine of economic mobility. Yet Black students still face unequal school funding, biased discipline, limited access to rigorous coursework, and affordability barriers in higher education. Policy—not talent—creates these gaps.

Focus Areas

The pages and posts in this Education and Opportunity Hub will focus on eduation equity and related issues. Included among these are the key focus areas listed below: K-12 funding, desegregation., HBCUs, student debt, and youth employment.

Focus Areas

  • Equitable School Funding
  • Closing Achievement & Opportunity Gaps
  • School Discipline Reform & Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • Higher Education Access & Affordability
  • Workforce Development & Lifelong Learning

How to Use This Hub

  1. Start with the policy primers below.
  2. Read our feature essay: Opening Doors at Every Stage.
  3. Follow fresh reporting in the News Hub.

Tagline: Every child deserves a fair start and a strong future.