But scores are still low, and achievement gaps between students of differing
race and incomes remain wide.
Not exact matches
The achievement gap between low -
income and wealthy students has grown significantly, exacerbating socioeconomic
and racial tensions
and heightening the sense of inequality among various underserved communities, as large achievement gaps in educational outcomes based on
race and ethnicity
remain, or by some accounts, even worsen.
Those things
remain and we still need voices to stand up, speak out
and challenge state government to do better for New Yorkers regardless of age,
race, faith, ability or
income.
Low -
income African - Americans in segregated neighborhoods
remain subject to what Contract Buyers League attorneys called a «
race tax»
and what my father referred to as the «million dollars a day cost of being black.»
Unfortunately, college access
remains stratified by
income and race,
and less than half of students complete their intended postsecondary degrees.
Don't settle for knowing that many, too many, schools
remain separated by
race and income.
While many of the nation's public schools
remain stubbornly segregated by
race and income, some charter schools
and districts are starting to experiment with using weighted lotteries to increase diversity.
It must be said, however, that the digital divide (in terms of
race,
income and location in terms of rural communities)
remains a key factor that some studies indicate are leading to even greater disparities between well - to - do
and disadvantaged schools
and districts.
Yet America's public school system
remains deeply segregated
and unequal in terms of both
race and income.
But questions
remain as to whether the state has the resources to ensure that existing,
and future, charter schools are offering quality educations to students of all backgrounds,
races and incomes.
While students from the majority of the states analyzed posted achievement gains
and narrowed gaps, the gaps for students of different
races, ethnicities,
and income levels
remain large.
Income and race remain major predictors of achievement.
This
remained true, even after controlling for
race, education, age, gender,
income,
and initial levels of psychological well - being.