The systemic racism of Oregon Democrats' education bill

In the 1960s, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were three black women who studied mathematics, computer programming, engineering, and complex arithmetic. Each would eventually be hired by NASA, where their work was instrumental in helping the United States win the space race against the Soviet Union. They were pioneers in science and math.

In the 1980s, Joe Louis Clark was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He inherited a floundering school that failed to pass statewide proficiency tests. When Clark arrived, he implemented strict disciplinary measures that changed the school’s academic performance.