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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 ...
[13] [16] In "A Spectacular Secret:’ Understanding the Cultural Memory of Racial Violence in K-12 Official School Textbooks in the Era of Obama,” Brown and Brown assert that some Americans only began to consider the United States a post-racial society with the election of President Obama because U.S. schools do not introduce students to the ...
More than half of students in the United States attend school districts with high concentrations of people (over 75%) of their own ethnicity and about 40% of black students attend schools where 90%-100% of students are non-white. [10] [11] Blacks, "Mongolians" (Chinese), Japanese, Latino, and Native American students were segregated in ...
Racism in Orange County high schools is nothing new — but who's doing the hate now is.
Apr. 10—A video by an Indiana State University student critical of Black individuals performing country music is drawing scathing criticism on campus and beyond. ISU students and alumni ...
The district told The Star it is “saddened,” by the attack. Many in the school and community have said that’s not enough.
Students living in lower income communities receive, on average, less investment in their education than students in higher income communities. [37] Slaves were prohibited from attending schools and many were not allowed to learn to read or receive an education. Various minorities were barred from most schools that admitted white students.
He said Black students often lack a sense of belonging within their private school environments, which — in combination with the racism they experience — affects their long-term mental health.