Title: 7 findings that illustrate racial disparities in education
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7 findings that illustrate racial disparities in education
School readiness gaps are improving, except for black kids
Misbehavior in school can pay off for white, but not black students
Teacher-student racial mismatch harms black kids
White and Asian students are more likely to be exposed to advanced classes
Gaps remain in high school completion rates
Similar college enrollment rates mask unequal degree completion rates
Black and white students do not attend colleges of equal quality
Liz Sablich
Director of Communications - Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
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Content: A historical belief that tracking itself is discriminatory in nature has led different communities to view and utilize the practice in unequal measure, according to Tom Loveless. And as a result, disadvantaged students are much less likely to be exposed to and to benefit from advanced coursework. Gaps remain in high school completion rates
While the gap in high school completion is closing, black and Hispanic students are still less likely than their white counterparts to have a high school diploma, according to a paper on multidimensional poverty and race by Richard Reeves, Edward Rodrigue, and Elizabeth Kneebone. Similar college enrollment rates mask unequal degree completion rates
Black and Latino students have only somewhat lower rates of post-secondary school enrollment than whites and Asians, but have much lower levels of educational attainment by their mid-20s, according to the Metropolitan Policy Program’s Martha Ross. While students across these groups enroll at similar rates, they earn bachelor’s degrees at significantly different rates: Black and white students do not attend colleges of equal quality
While there has been an increase in black college-going, most of this rise has been in lower-quality institutions, at least in terms of alumni earnings, illustrates Jonathan Rothwell. Black students make up just four percent of undergraduate enrollees in the top decile of the nation’s four-year colleges, ranked by mid-career alumni earning figures. By contrast, 26 percent of students in the bottom rank of colleges are black: Liz Sablich
Director of Communications - Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
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These facts demonstrate what any number of Americans could tell you: there are significant racial disparities in terms of education access and quality in the US.