Students today — particularly economically
disadvantaged Black males — have more practical problems in their lives than how to solve for x.
They find that these effects are especially pronounced for economically
disadvantaged black male students.
For instance, they find that
a disadvantaged black male's exposure to at least one black teacher in elementary school reduces his probability of dropping out of high school by nearly 40 percent.
Not exact matches
On the other hand, schools with higher clusters of
black male teachers tend to be among the hardest to staff, economically
disadvantaged, and lowest performing schools.