The gap between achievement among black students and
white students over that time has changed little, according to DPI data.
Not exact matches
Total 2001 Population: 107320 Male: 48.2 % Female: 51.8 % Under 18: 25.4 %
Over 60: 16.8 % Born outside UK: 17.7 %
White: 77.5 % Black: 10.2 % Asian: 7.1 % Mixed: 3.7 % Other: 1.5 % Christian: 65.8 % Hindu: 3.1 % Muslim: 3.9 % Full
time students: 3.4 % Graduates 16 - 74: 21.9 % No Qualifications 16 - 74: 25.3 % Owner - Occupied: 64.3 % Social Housing: 21.5 % (Council: 13.5 %, Housing Ass.: 7.9 %) Privately Rented: 11.9 % Homes without central heating and / or private bathroom: 8.4 %
Simply stated, do we really want to root for
white students to do worse
over time?
And there's no evidence that
white students have done any worse
over this
time.
Over time, many marginalized people associated with the higher education enterprise said that it wasn't enough just to be there, there was a desire for a condition of experience that matched (and at
times) supersede that of dominant - identified (or, in this case,
white)
students.
It's worth noting that the scores for 17 - year - olds have been flat overall, although the scores of
white, black, and Hispanic
students have all risen and achievement gaps have narrowed
over time.
All groups of
students by income and ethnicity have improved with
white non-low income
students making the largest improvement
over time.
For example, if a
white teacher expects a black
student to perform below average on a math test when compared to
white students,
over time the teacher may act in ways that encourage black
students to underperform.
Federal civil rights data released by the U.S. Department of Education this year has shown that Black and Latino
students are suspended or expelled three
times more often than
white students, and arrested for non-violent offenses
over three
times more frequently than
white students.
The 74 just reported that here the achievement gaps between poor
students of color and non-poor
White / Asian
students widens significantly
over time.
The exam found consistently large gaps in the performance of
white, black and Hispanic
students, despite their gradual narrowing
over time.
The demographic composition of the teaching workforce is predominantly female (76 percent) and
white (82 percent), and these trends have changed little
over time, though the composition of the
student body has become increasingly diverse.