The racial gap in student academic achievement is once again the focus of much attention in the United States. “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.
In contrast to White Americans, fewer Black families can afford to live in neighborhoods with high value properties and sufficient and well maintained 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…
Sometimes they do not have money to buy new school uniforms or even books. They face many hardships that white children cannot even imagine. They also have lack of resources in which it enables them to succeed. Since the single parent is at work all day and the child doesn’t have a person to look up to and ask for help. The gap between black and white college graduation rates, for example, stems partially from not having the financial resources to keep up with school.” (Weesler 2015) That’s why they are left behind in terms of …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 are less educated than whites and don’t expect their children achieving higher education compared to white parents. “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.” (Cook, 2015)
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 and one of
In contrast to White Americans, fewer Black families can afford to live in neighborhoods with high value properties and sufficient and well maintained 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…
Sometimes they do not have money to buy new school uniforms or even books. They face many hardships that white children cannot even imagine. They also have lack of resources in which it enables them to succeed. Since the single parent is at work all day and the child doesn’t have a person to look up to and ask for help. The gap between black and white college graduation rates, for example, stems partially from not having the financial resources to keep up with school.” (Weesler 2015) That’s why they are left behind in terms of …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 are less educated than whites and don’t expect their children achieving higher education compared to white parents. “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.” (Cook, 2015)
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 and one of