Sentences with phrase «numbers than their white peers»

Students of color are disciplined in far greater numbers than their white peers, according to research released by The Equity Project at Indiana University.

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But the numbers show that even when blacks are successful in attending and completing college, they're still less likely to be gainfully employed than their white peers, hinting that less education isn't the entire problem, and that attempts to boost educational attainment figures among blacks won't be the entire solution.

While the number of students who are expelled or sent home for misbehaving in D.C. public schools and public charter schools has decreased overall, recent findings show that black students are nearly seven times more likely to be suspended than their white peers.