Vanita Singh (vanita.singh@mdi.ac.in) teaches economics and public policy at the Management Development Institute, Gurugram. Amit Garg teaches in the Public Systems Group at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
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We write to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch to express our strong opposition to House Bill (HB) 5 Senate Bill (SB) 146, which would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. We urge you to vote against this cruel, extreme, and dangerous legislation.
If the Union government thinks that the Global Hunger Index’s methodology is ‘unscientific’, here is another Index that shows a troubling picture for the state of ‘Access Inequality in Basic Amenities’ across India.
The Progress-Index
Black, economically disadvantaged students are less likely to have access to advanced classes like Advanced Placement and more likely to be exposed to poverty, two studies say.
Petersburg High School only offers five AP courses for its students. Surrounding high schools, many of which have smaller economically disadvantaged and Black populations, offer double the amount or more AP classes and advanced coursework.
Almost 90% of students in Petersburg City Public Schools are Black, and another 83.3% are economically disadvantaged.
The disparities in AP courses reflect the segregation found in schools, as told by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Pennsylvania State University. Both schools released two studies peering into the racial and economic disadvantages within Virginia students in AP courses and school overall.