Sentences with phrase «years than their white counterparts»

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The results show that, after adjusting for differences in family background, black students at any class level are more likely than their white counterparts to attend a four - year university.

A study by John Hopkins University found that for a Black student, a Black teacher is 30 % more likely to believe that student will graduate from a four - year college than their white counterpart (Deruy, 2016).

According to KIPP, last school year, more than 70 percent of Morfin's class scored proficient or advanced in English on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress state tests, while only 37 percent of California's Latino fifth - graders and 65 percent of their white counterparts achieved the same results.

It's been widely reported that, per Department of Education analysis released last year, black preschoolers are «3.6 times more likely to be suspended» than their white counterparts, and twice as likely to get expelled.

The study shows blue - and gray - collar workers are less prepared for their golden years than their white - collar counterparts.

Latina adolescents 15 to 19 years of age have a crude birth rate 3 times higher than their white counterparts and the highest of any racial / ethnic group.

Puerto Rican children 1 to 4 years of age were found to have a higher crude mortality rate than their white counterparts (Table 3).

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.

By Aaron Glantz and Emmanuel Martinez Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their white counterparts.

Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their white counterparts.