BACKTALK: Learning from the other achievement gap

Educators tend to be familiar with an educational achievement gap between black and Hispanic students on one hand and white students on the other, a gap that seems to be tied up with relative rates of poverty. But there is also a fairly startling — and growing — achievement gap between white student...

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Published in:Phi Delta Kappan 2017-02, Vol.98 (5), p.80-80
Main Author: Pittinsky, Todd L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Academic achievement gaps
Education
Family income
Hispanic students
Learning
Poverty
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Summary:Educators tend to be familiar with an educational achievement gap between black and Hispanic students on one hand and white students on the other, a gap that seems to be tied up with relative rates of poverty. But there is also a fairly startling — and growing — achievement gap between white students and Asian-American students, and it can’t be chalked up to family income or education.
ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487
DOI:10.1177/0031721717690376