Sentences with phrase «pronounced racial gap»

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Why racial achievement gaps were so pronounced in affluent school districts is a puzzling question raised by the data.

Since the Reagan administration's «A Nation at Risk» report pronounced that schools across the country were failing, every president has touted a new plan to close the racial academic achievement gap: President Obama installed Race to the Top; George W. Bush had No Child Left Behind; and Clinton pushed Goals 2000.

And since the southern county schools are predominantly black, a pronounced black - white racial achievement gap emerged in Pinellas County.