US Ed Dept: Minority students face severe inequities in schools – Part 1

The US Department of Education has just released new findings on educational opportunity for minorities and students learning English.

While no surprise, the data do not look very nice.

Some key findings:

•African-American students, particularly males, are far more likely to be suspended or expelled from school than their peers. Black students make up 18% of the students in the CRDC sample, but 35% of the students suspended once, and 39% of the students expelled.

•Students learning English (ELL) were 6% of the CRDC high school enrollment, but made up 12% of students retained.

•Only 29% of high-minority high schools offered Calculus, compared to 55% of schools with the lowest black and Hispanic enrollment.

•Teachers in high-minority schools were paid $2,251 less per year than their colleagues in teaching in low-minority schools in the same district.

We’ll take a look at what they show for Louisville tomorrow.