By Trent Ball and Faith Sandler We have come over a way that with tears has been watered. -James Weldon Johnson, Lift Every Voice and Sing (authored in 1900 to …
How Did We Get Here?
It already wasn’t fair. Affirmative action on the basis of race in admissions ended with the late June decision of the United States Supreme Court. Public mourning of “Affirmative Action” …
Absolutely Affirmative
Editor’s Note: Late last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions on two matters of great importance to the students and staff of The Scholarship Foundation of …
Strangers Who Restore Broken Dreams
Today is Juneteenth, now a federal holiday but long a day of remembrance of emancipation from slavery. Yesterday, I heard a story about a boy whose schooling in Daytona Beach, …
Equal, Just, or Equitable
Who benefits from Scholarship Foundation scholarship grants and loans? Who makes the decisions and who awards the funds? These are the equity questions answered in The Scholarship Foundation’s first equity …
Talking Points on the Question of Anti-Racism
Since 1920, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis has been built upon the enduring belief that an educated society is essential to a healthy democracy. Equitable education and civil society …
