Sentences with phrase «for black families»

As being a homeowner is an important method in acquiring wealth, this situation created fewer opportunities for the black family to acquire wealth, producing social inequality.

And this lack of fulfillment has negative consequences for society and worse for black families.

In spite of declining residential segregation for black families and large - scale movement to the suburbs in most parts of the country, school segregation remains very high for black students.

Particularly for black families, the study did find ways in which children did better with two parents.

Six had median household income for black families above the national average of 35,398 (and four were below the average).

Good Morning Another great piece from Education Post — «The Second Great Migration for Black Families Is Embracing School Choice»:

This includes last week's passage of the resolution calling for a moratorium on expanding charter schools, the most - popular option for black families otherwise forced to attend failure mills in their communities.

As the series reported, the net worth of a middle - class black family averages only a third that of white families, but the numbers for black families are dragged down significantly by the higher percentage that have no father at home.

Public sector jobs, with the pensions they provide, have been one of the most important ways for black families to enter the middle class since the 1960s, when civil rights legislation and the...

The median household income for black families in 2001 was $ 33,600, while it was $ 54,100 for whites, a difference that can be attributed in part to the large number of black families headed by a single parent (see Figure 2).

Today, the NAACP held it's long awaited vote and unfortunately, for Black families around the country demanding better options, the NAACP has opted to place a moratorium on public charter schools.

And charter schools aren't only popular and producing results for Black families, they're often started by Black educators, for the Black community.

«We did a lot of things at churches for black families.

Previously, Patricia served in corporate and nonprofit positions including founder of the Partnership for Academic Achievement; chief development officer and adviser at the National Council of Negro Women; executive director of the Dance Institute of Washington; and national marketing manager for the Black Family Reunion Celebration.

And, while many politicians hypocritically take stances against school choice for Black families, they wholeheartedly exercise school choice for themselves.

One of the growing reasons for Black families to exercise parental choice and homeschool their children is to ensure their children are in safe spaces.

Another great piece from Education Post — «The Second Great Migration for Black Families Is Embracing School Choice»:

They accused the NAACP and other civil right proponents of trying to end charters as an option for black families, which as university professor Yohuru Williams writes for Huffington Post, is not true.

The Census Bureau findings reaffirm a recent study published by the Pew Research Centre, demonstrating that the gap between the average black and average white households in 2009 widened to margins unparalleled since the 1980s, when median white household wealth was about $ 113,000, compared to about $ 5,700 for black families.

A post in one of the charter industry's numerous media outlets declared, «The NAACP was founded by white people, and it still isn't looking out for black families.»

For Black families, school choice has always been intertwined with our self - determination, liberation and education.