![]() ![]() Unequal Education: Federal Loophole Enables Lower Spending on Students of ColorĪccording to the Office for Civil Rights, 1.6 million students attend a school with a sworn law enforcement officers (SLEO), but not a school counselor.Schools with 90 percent or more students of color spend $733 less per student per year than schools with 90 percent or more white students. Students of color are often concentrated in schools with fewer resources. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Data Snapshot: School Discipline Even more troubling, black students are 2.3 times as likely to receive a referral to law enforcement or be subject to a school-related arrest as white students. In comparison, white students represent 41 percent of pre-school enrollment but only 28 percent of those receiving more than one out-of-school suspension. In addition, black children represent 19 percent of the nation’s pre-school population, yet 47 percent of those receiving more than one out-of-school suspension. ![]() Black students are also 3.8 times as likely to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions as white students. The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2015: African American Students (a joint ACT-UNCF report)īlack students spend less time in the classroom due to discipline, which further hinders their access to a quality education. Black students are nearly two times as likely to be suspended without educational services as white students.Who Believes in Me? The Effect of Student-Teacher Demographic Match on Teacher ExpectationsĪfrican American students are less likely to be college-ready. In fact, 61 percent of ACT-tested black students in the 2015 high school graduating class met none of the four ACT college readiness benchmarks, nearly twice the 31 percent rate for all students.Research has shown evidence of systematic bias in teacher expectations for African American students and non-black teachers were found to have lower expectations of black students than black teachers. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Data Snapshot: Teacher Equity Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection “A First Look”Īfrican American students are often located in schools with less qualified teachers, teachers with lower salaries and novice teachers. Black and Latino students also have less access to gifted and talented education programs than white students. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Data Snapshot: College and Career ReadinessĮven when black students do have access to honors or advanced placement courses, they are vastly underrepresented in these courses. Black and Latino students represent 38 percent of students in schools that offer AP courses, but only 29 percent of students enrolled in at least one AP course. College Preparation for African American Students: Gaps in the High School Educational Experience.As an international organisation, the WCGTC is commited to implementing anti-racist and anti-discrimination policies, engaging in anti-racist practices and research further ensuring our membership and leadership opportunities do not discriminate based on race.African American students are less likely than white students to have access to college-ready courses. In fact, in 2011-12, only 57 percent of black students have access to a full range of math and science courses necessary for college readiness, compared to with 81 percent of Asian American students and 71 percent of white students. The WCGTC remains committed to supporting each country to ensure that gifted learners from all backgrounds and ethnicities have opportunities to access appropriate education through the development of practices that are equitable and inclusive. Building on the work already done by researchers of gifted education from diverse ethnic backgrounds, it can bring together the gifted education research community from across the globe as they seek to address injustice. The WCGTC offers a platform to engage in open dialogue and sharing of practice. The WCGTC shall commit to advance equity, anti-racism, and anti-discrimination in schools, on campuses, and in research. Racism divides societies, damages students, and hinders education. This has ignited a global concern that is demanding a response. The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC) unites to stand up against all forms of racism and racial discrimination. In the last two weeks, we have watched and read news coverage on anti-racism protests across the world as a result of the ongoing systemic racism. Global Principles for Professional Learning in Gifted Education. ![]()
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