Sentences with phrase «black students»

By comparison, researchers found, only 36 percent of black students in traditional public school attended schools where at least 90 percent of students were of color.

Most schools have put a priority on raising academic achievement for black students in their school improvement plans.

Nearly 40 percent of black students in 2000 attended schools that were 90 to 100 percent black — up steadily from a low of 32 percent in 1988.

It is unclear whether similar patterns would emerge for black students who experienced black teachers for multiple consecutive years.

Among black students with similar socioeconomic backgrounds, those who attended an integrated school with more white students scored higher.

For black students from low - income backgrounds, the gains were even more impressive.

My research shows that on average, 50 percent of the lower - income black students at elite colleges graduated from private high schools, which is remarkable.

The share of black students attending schools that are more than 90 percent minority grew from 34 percent in 1989 to 39 percent in 2007.

The impact had devastating results on black student achievement on standardized exams in the district.

However, the disparities in rates of placement essentially disappear among Black students who have Black teachers.

At the 8th - grade level, 54 percent of black students scored at or above basic, compared with 83 percent of white students.

The report began by showing that both black and white students post lower scores on an eighth - grade math exam the more black students there were in their school.

Two weeks ago, prominent researchers released a study showing significant gains by black students who had been given vouchers to help pay for private school.

Low - income black students made up 62 percent of district suspensions, while low - income white students made up only 18 percent.

As the only black student in the materials science department, I felt lonely and lost.

Although the city is one of the highest - scoring urban districts in the state overall, 74 percent of black students did not meet state standards.

90 percent of low - income black students in high - poverty schools were not reading at grade level by fourth grade.

Just 51 percent of black students graduate from high school; the graduation rate among white students is 72 percent (see Figure 1).

Previously, during times of segregation, the school operated as a high school that served black students from across a 30 mile radius.

He was among the first black students to attend the school after the district was integrated in the early 1960s, he said.

When black students went to schools with white ones, they were able to access good teachers, principals and guidance counselors, updated textbooks and more advanced classes.

The average Black student attends a school in which 77 percent of the students come from poor families and 87 percent are Black.

Only 4 % of black students performed at that level, despite their 15 % share of the total participant pool.

Black students represent 16 percent of middle school students, but 42 percent of students in those grades who are held back a year.

Furthermore, gaps in suspension rates between black students and white students have grown over time, doubling between 1989 and 2010.

That's where I — one of only a few black students in my class — spent countless afternoons.

Specifically, white students increased by 3.2 percent, and black students increased by 6.3 percent in their exam performance.

But no matter how many they hire, there'd still be white teachers teaching black students.

They note that more officers are already assigned to middle and high schools with mostly black students.

Not surprisingly, the problem is worse for students of color — especially black students.

Educators must create room for the possibility that many black students didn't like or agree with the movie for a variety of reasons.

The high - suspension - rate schools are where the most dramatic decline in the number of suspensions has occurred, but they are also where most suspensions of black students continue to occur.

But the enrollment issue also raises questions about the district's strategy for schools in vulnerable neighborhoods that tend to serve poor black students who often fall behind academically.

Too often I had only been able to turn to other black students for support and understanding.

But nearly 60 percent of black students said that their parents are resistant to their interracial relationships.

In our focus groups, some participants even argued that because black students don't share the same connection and familiarity with white teachers, they often behave more respectfully toward them.

• Can biased expectations among teachers explain why black students lose ground?

But it does not tell us whether teacher disagreements about black students mean that black teachers are overly optimistic or white teachers are overly pessimistic.

In other words, it is not generally the case that black students face negative bias from white teachers in an absolute sense.

Several scholars have argued that black students lose more ground over the summer than white students because of their relatively worse home and neighborhood environments.

The board voted unanimously in approval, and black students took turns raising the flag this week.

But the school - to - prison pipeline starts the disparate treatment of our youngest black students in school.

Black students account for 19 percent of preschool enrollment, but they represent 47 percent of students who have been suspended one or more times.

Yes, black students need black teachers for all the obvious reasons.