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  2. Center on Race and Social Problems - Wikipedia

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    The Center on Race and Social Problems (CRSP) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work was designed to address societal problems through research, intervention, and education. It is the first center of its kind to be housed in a school of social work and it is unique in both its multidisciplinary approach and its multiracial focus ...

  3. Disproportionality in special education - Wikipedia

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    Qualitative research has involved deductive and inductive methods, including the development of codebooks focusing on the conceptual framework and existing literature on education policy and disproportionality. [7] Quantitative research have coded articles based on the analysis used in each study, such as risk ratio, regression or multi-regression.

  4. Racial diversity in United States schools - Wikipedia

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    Since the mid-20th century, researchers have found that benefits of racial diversity in schools for racial minority students include higher reading levels, increased likelihood of graduating high school, positive impact on work aspirations and higher educational attainment, greater interaction with other racial groups and creation of ...

  5. Educational inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Racial achievement gap in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The achievement gap between low-income minority students and middle-income white students has been a popular research topic among sociologists since the publication of the report, "Equality of Educational Opportunity" (more widely known as the Coleman Report). This report was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education in 1966 to ...

  7. Environmentalmercuryrelease,specialeducationrates,and ...

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    cUniversity of Pennsylvania Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, USA Accepted1November2004 Abstract The association between environmentally released mercury, special education and autism rates in Texas was investigated using data from the Texas Education Department and the United States Environmental Protection

  8. Racial inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Minorities are more likely than white Americans to not have a banking account. 3.5% of Asians, 3.3% of white Americans, 21.7% of African Americans and 19.3% of Hispanics and 15.6% of remaining racial/ethnic categories do not have banking accounts. [31] Lusardi's research revealed that education increases one's chances of having a banking account.

  9. Structural inequality in education - Wikipedia

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    This can involve property rights, status, or unequal access to health care, housing, education and other physical or financial resources or opportunities. Structural inequality is believed to be an embedded part of the culture of the United States due to the history of slavery and the subsequent suppression of equal civil rights of minority races.