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ACHIEVEMENT GAP
By
2019, when this year’s fourth graders turn 24, whites
will be two times as likely as blacks and three times as likely
as
Hispanics
to have a college degree. In schools across the nation, white
and Asian students outperform their black and Hispanic peers
in every subject.
This disparity in education is known as the "achievement
gap," and it's been the subject of countless task forces
and research studies.
Researchers
claim that the achievement gap stems from years of discrimination,
but the gap itself does not discriminate; that is, it plagues
public and private schools alike.
Although the achievement gap is widespread, in some schools
the gap simply does not exist. To find out why, we're profiling
an urban elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York that has
avoided the Achievement Gap.
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Airdate: November 12, 2003 |
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