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Unequal access to education in the United States results in unequal outcomes for students. Disparities in academic access among students in the United States are the result of multiple factors including government policies, school choice, family wealth, parenting style, implicit bias towards students' race or ethnicity, and the resources available to students and their schools.
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
Special education referrals are, in most cases in the hands of the general education teacher, this is subjective and because of differences, disabilities can be overlooked or unrecognized. Poorly trained teachers at minority schools, poor school relationships, and poor parent-to-teacher relationships play a role in this inequality.
Nearly 51 million students are enrolled in America’s public schools, but the system is far from equal. Segregationist policies, like school funding based on property values, are impeding the ...
Numbers released by the Department of Education show slight gains in Math and Science for students grades 3-8 with a minor setback in English Language Arts, or ELA. For high school juniors ...
Black teachers are leaving the profession at faster rates than white teachers as they face pushback over efforts to discuss racism in the classroom and deal with pandemic-related stress
LGBT students in Massachusetts who attend schools with safety policies explicitly regarding LGBT students are 3.5 times more likely to make A and B grades than LGBT youth in other schools. [54] Additionally, student organizations such as gay-straight alliances (GSAs) can improve the experience of LGBT youth in schools.
By the time a student reaches 11th grade in Chicago, that student’s reading ability is terribly low. Last year, only 22% of high school juniors could read at grade level. Only 19% could do math.