Sentences with phrase «white students in public schools attended»

A 2010 study of Georgia's tuition tax credit program revealed that while only 10 % of white students in public schools attended «virtually segregated» schools, within the program at private schools, this rose dramatically to 53 %.

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Murphy High, the school she attended in Mobile, was one of the first in Alabama to begin integrating black and white students in 1963, despite public protests by the state's then - governor, George Wallace, who famously said during his inaugural address that same year, «Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.»

In California, 75 % of white third - grade students who attend public schools without the minimum threshold number of ELL students perform at or above the proficient level on the state's mathematics assessment test, whereas just 67 % of the white California third - graders who attend schools with the minimum threshold number of ELL students score at or above the proficient level.

The relatively poor proficiency levels at public schools with high concentrations of ELL students is underscored by comparing the standardized test scores of white and black students who attend the schools in which ELL students are concentrated with the scores of white and black student who attend other public schools.

It also shows that white and black students who attend the public schools in which ELL students are concentrated are doing worse than their peers who attend public schools with few English language learner students.

In North Carolina, where I grew up, only about 13 % of black students were attending public schools with any white students in the 1965 - 66 school year: https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4124&context=eIn North Carolina, where I grew up, only about 13 % of black students were attending public schools with any white students in the 1965 - 66 school year: https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4124&context=ein the 1965 - 66 school year: https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4124&context=etd

The rise of private schools in the South and the diversion of public funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfare Funin the South and the diversion of public funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfare FunIn Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfare Funin vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public WelfarePublic Welfare Fund.

Even with the reopening of the County's public schools following the Griffin ruling, segregation supported by a voucher system and inequitable funding persisted.24 The County's board of supervisors devoted only $ 189,000 in funding for integrated public schools.25 At the same time, they allocated $ 375,000 that could effectively only be used by white students for «tuition grants to students attending either private nonsectarian schools in the County or public schools charging tuition outside the County.»

The trend of increasing racial and economic segregation is a nationwide trend — not just in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.in the local public schools.59

Of the 622,359 white students in New Jersey public schools, 43 percent attend schools that are at least 75 percent white.

In the U.S., where 87 % of white students attend a majority white school, many middle - class and affluent urbanites grapple with what Mike Petrilli calls the Diverse Schools Dilemma: Should I send my child to a local public school that offers racial, cultural, and economic diversity or to a more homogenous — but perhaps higher - performing — school?

Despite evidence that primarily black and Hispanic students are underperforming in comparison with white students — largely due to the unequal, segregated schools they attend — efforts to support the reintegration of public schools have been thwarted.

This is one of the lowest percentages of white students attending public schools in the nation — and remember that the majority of Mississippi's population is white.

In a recent visit to Clarendon County, South Carolina, the location of one of the Brown v. Board of Education cases, I found virtually no white students attending the local public schools.

Black people were not allowed to attend public schools with white students, and in most cases there weren't any black schools getting public funding.

In each state, and in both elementary grades and middle school grades, a significant portion of the aggregate difference in math proficiency can be accounted for by the fact that ELL students and white students tend not to attend the same public schoolIn each state, and in both elementary grades and middle school grades, a significant portion of the aggregate difference in math proficiency can be accounted for by the fact that ELL students and white students tend not to attend the same public schoolin both elementary grades and middle school grades, a significant portion of the aggregate difference in math proficiency can be accounted for by the fact that ELL students and white students tend not to attend the same public schoolin math proficiency can be accounted for by the fact that ELL students and white students tend not to attend the same public schools.

Although white test - takers and ELL test - takers are largely not educated in the same public schools, there are public schools that educated both white and ELL students.8 To gauge how much of the ELL achievement gap is due to white students and ELL students attending different schools, this section of the report measures the difference in math proficiency, based on the state assessment tests, between ELL students and white students who attend the same schools.

At that time, my brother and I were attending a low - performing public school in Harlem, where we were virtually the only white students.

Even though there is a difference (15.9 %) in the percentage of white students who attend the Sacramento public schools (18.6 %) and the white percentage of the population (34.5), it is much smaller than in other major cities.

And, the percentage of white students who attend the public schools in Chicago is much less than the white makeup of the city as a whole.