The racial gap in student academic achievement is once again the focus of much attention. “Educational expectations are lower for black children, according to Child Trends, a non-profit and non-partisan research center that tracks data about children.” (Cook, 2015) Black American has less opportunities and lack of support from their parents to succeed in the United States.
For example, in comparison to their White counterparts, fewer Black families can afford to live in neighborhoods with high property values and well-resourced neighborhood schools. “The continuation of residential segregation in the United States concentrates Black students in public K-12 schools that have fewer resources, lower per-student expenditures, fewer advanced placement …show more content…
Black students are less likely than their White and American peers to have college-educated parents. Parents with higher levels of formal education are often better positioned to provide key information and assistance that improve their children’s college preparation and competitiveness, such as hiring private tutors and college counselors, ensuring their children take college preparatory classes, and arranging college visits. “Don Hossler et al. (1999) found that parental education levels also had strong effects on the formation and actualization of college aspirations.” (Harper & Griffin, 44, 2010)
Black children are less likely than white children to live in households where at least one parent has secure employment, and black children have the greatest rate of any race for families with children living in homeless shelters. (Cook, 2015) Racial disparities in education and employment remain drivers of inequity, expert says. “But inheritance is often paramount. The gap between black and white college graduation rates, for example, stems partially from not having the financial resources to keep up with mounting loans.” (Weesler …show more content…
“Ogbu reports that Black parents do not perceive themselves as active participants in the education process and do not have a ‘‘pragmatic trust’’ in the school system, teachers, or other school authorities.” (Comeaux & Jayakumar, 3, 2007) Parental participation improves student learning whether the child is in preschool or in higher grades. The strongest support for learning occurs at home through positive parenting styles, nightly reading, homework policies, and high expectations. Black parents, most of whom are less educated than their white counterparts, don’t expect their children to attain as much education as white parents expect. Lower expectations become self-fulfilling prophecies, contributing to lower expectations from the student, less-positive attitudes toward school, fewer out-of-school learning opportunities and less parent-child communication about school.
Black Americans are much less likely to attain higher education degrees than whites, even though such degrees are becoming more and more valuable compared to high school degrees. “According to Census Bureau data, blacks are almost twice as likely as whites to drop out of high school and are half as likely to get a post-baccalaureate degree. “At every level of education, race impacts a person’s chance of getting a job,” Tom Allison, a research manager
For example, in comparison to their White counterparts, fewer Black families can afford to live in neighborhoods with high property values and well-resourced neighborhood schools. “The continuation of residential segregation in the United States concentrates Black students in public K-12 schools that have fewer resources, lower per-student expenditures, fewer advanced placement …show more content…
Black students are less likely than their White and American peers to have college-educated parents. Parents with higher levels of formal education are often better positioned to provide key information and assistance that improve their children’s college preparation and competitiveness, such as hiring private tutors and college counselors, ensuring their children take college preparatory classes, and arranging college visits. “Don Hossler et al. (1999) found that parental education levels also had strong effects on the formation and actualization of college aspirations.” (Harper & Griffin, 44, 2010)
Black children are less likely than white children to live in households where at least one parent has secure employment, and black children have the greatest rate of any race for families with children living in homeless shelters. (Cook, 2015) Racial disparities in education and employment remain drivers of inequity, expert says. “But inheritance is often paramount. The gap between black and white college graduation rates, for example, stems partially from not having the financial resources to keep up with mounting loans.” (Weesler …show more content…
“Ogbu reports that Black parents do not perceive themselves as active participants in the education process and do not have a ‘‘pragmatic trust’’ in the school system, teachers, or other school authorities.” (Comeaux & Jayakumar, 3, 2007) Parental participation improves student learning whether the child is in preschool or in higher grades. The strongest support for learning occurs at home through positive parenting styles, nightly reading, homework policies, and high expectations. Black parents, most of whom are less educated than their white counterparts, don’t expect their children to attain as much education as white parents expect. Lower expectations become self-fulfilling prophecies, contributing to lower expectations from the student, less-positive attitudes toward school, fewer out-of-school learning opportunities and less parent-child communication about school.
Black Americans are much less likely to attain higher education degrees than whites, even though such degrees are becoming more and more valuable compared to high school degrees. “According to Census Bureau data, blacks are almost twice as likely as whites to drop out of high school and are half as likely to get a post-baccalaureate degree. “At every level of education, race impacts a person’s chance of getting a job,” Tom Allison, a research manager