Sentences with phrase «by teachers of the same race»

Thomas Dee's finding («The Race Connection,» Research, Spring 2004) that both white and black students learned more when taught by teachers of the same race has implications that go far beyond his discussion.

Previous studies have suggested that K — 12 students may benefit from being taught by a teacher of the same race.

Not exact matches

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To eliminate the effects of any chance differences in performance caused by other observable characteristics, our analysis takes into account students» age, gender, race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 20race, and eligibility for the free lunch program; whether they had been assigned to a small class; and whether they were assigned to a teacher of the same race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 20race — which earlier research using these same data found to have a large positive effect on student performance (see «The Race Connection,» Spring 20Race Connection,» Spring 2004).

In my research on teacher - student race match and student discipline, we find that black students (who by far experience the highest rates of suspensions and expulsions) who have a same - race teacher are less likely to experience exclusionary discipline.

Black female students also experience lower rates of exclusionary consequences when exposed to same - race teachers, although the effect of 1 to 2 percentage points (15 to 25 percent) is only statistically significant when they are taught by black female teachers.

On average, students» performance improved by roughly 2 to 3 percentile points during their first year with a teacher of the same race.

We find that black students in North Carolina do better on reading tests when matched with same - race teachers (by about 3 percent of a standard deviation), but there are no differences in their math performance.

By contrast, researchers have devoted considerable attention to studying racial disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes — and there is compelling evidence that when students have a teacher of the same race, they tend to learn more at school (see «The Race Connection,» research, Spring 20race, they tend to learn more at school (see «The Race Connection,» research, Spring 20Race Connection,» research, Spring 2004).

People who devote their lives to tinkering with clever ways to close the race gap by «demanding more» of children and their principals and teachers within segregated settings are, knowingly or not, upholding the same failed and tainted promises given to people in the United States more than a century ago by Plessy v. Ferguson.

While the percentage of Latinx students is high and growing, less than 8 percent of the nation's teachers identify as such.5 The recent increase in the Latinx population means that the teacher diversity gap — as measured by subtracting the percentage of teachers6 of a certain race or ethnicity from the percentage of students7 of that same race or ethnicity — is largest for Latinx students.