Sentences with phrase «majority white schools»

It is also worth noting that there is, at least in theory, reason to think that minorities might learn less in majority white schools.

The «equity assessments» compare course offerings in predominantly Black and / or Latino schools with majority white schools close by.

Specifically, minorities in majority white schools may feel inferior, become frustrated, or have difficulty interacting with white students who come from different cultural backgrounds.

When I transferred the the new majority white school for 7th grade, the boy band craze was just taking off.

However, according to most surveys, although whites prefer majority white schools, a sizable, albeit smaller, number will choose schools where whites make up somewhat less than half of the student body.

In the pages following the ones the dissent cites, the author of that article remarks that «the main reason white and minority students perform better academically in majority white schools is likely that these schools provide greater opportunities to learn.

The Student Interaction Plan, which was designed to encourage visits once a month between students in majority black schools and majority white schools, was only implemented for a few years (with minimal participation), and was cut entirely from the budget in 1994.

In majority white schools, minority student may work harder to keep up with their more advantaged white peers.