The Dropout Risk System Is Facing Criticism After Our Report

The Wisconsin system ostensibly used race to help prevent dropouts. That sounds like a compelling government interest! But not if it didn’t work.

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It’s me, Tara García Mathewson, back in the Hello World rotation to get you thinking about civil rights in education.

Earlier this week, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) put out a report arguing that decades-old civil rights laws should be protecting students from discrimination based on their race—but they’re not. Reporting from The Markup was at the heart of one of its examples.

Did you see the story Todd Feathers wrote in April about an early warning system in Wisconsin designed ...