Sentences with phrase «why racial achievement gaps»

Why racial achievement gaps were so pronounced in affluent school districts is a puzzling question raised by the data.

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More research is needed because «looking at both psychological and biological responses to stress will lead to a more complete understanding of why we have the racial / ethnic achievement gap,» said study lead author, Dorainne Levy, who began the research while at Northwestern and is now a post-doctoral scholar at Indiana University.

So, with New York City public school students returning next month, * the question is: Why isn't more being done to bring students of different races together in the most racially and ethnically diverse city in the country, one where the public schools have had little success closing a huge racial achievement gap?

Wisconsin has won a competitive federal grant to study why some state schools have had more success than others in narrowing achievement gaps across racial lines and income levels.