As another fall school term begins, here are some facts & figures about racial differences in the educational system that appeared recently in The New York Times magazine:
The unemployment rate for college educated black people is
twice
that of white people.
37%
of black first time college students who enrolled in 2011-12 were no longer in school after
3
years.
30%
of Hispanic first time college students enrolled in 2011-12 were no longer in school after
3
years.
National Center for Education Statistics
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Enrollment of black students in majority white Southern schools peaked in 1988 at
43%.
In 2011, enrollment of black students in majority white Southern schools declined to
23%.
In 2012,
just
6%
of public school teachers in the U.S. were
black
.
25%
of black freshmen who started public high school in 2011 didn’t graduate with a regular diploma in
4
years.
Civil Rights Project of UCLA
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Minority students are more likely to be taught by inexperienced teachers in
33
states.
Black public preschoolers are
3
times more likely to be suspended as white public preschoolers.
33%
of public high schools with high black and Latino enrollment offer calculus, while
56%
of high schools with low black and Latino enrollment offer calculus.
33%
of students in gifted and talented programs are black and Latino, while black and Latino students represent
42%
of enrollment at schools offering gifted and talented programs.
Schools with a high levels of black or Latino enrollment have
2
times as many first year teachers as schools with low black or Latino enrollment.
Black Kindergarten-12
th
Grade public school students are
3
times
more likely to be
suspended
as white students and black students are almost
2
times
more likely to be
expelled
as white students.
US Department of Education
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Exposure to at least one black teacher in Grades 3-5 reduces the probability of low income black male students dropping out of school by almost
40%
.
IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Nationwide, districts with the most minority students receive
15%
less per student in state and local funding than the whitest districts.
The Education Trust
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