cheka.
5th May 2017, 09:30 PM
need more {--->) teachers. that will fix it :)sal
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/04/black-teachers-matter-school-integration-doesnt.html
In New York City, where I teach, state testing sets the stage for the annual hand-wringing over the achievement gap between black and white students, which has barely budged in more than a decade. In 2016, the black-white achievement gap in English for students in grades 3-8 was staggering, with only 27 percent of black students achieving proficiency compared with 59 percent of white students.
Even in Brooklyn, where charter and traditional public schools put tremendous effort into integrated classrooms, the achievement gap remains. In 2016, none of the Brooklyn-based members of the National Coalition of Diverse Schools achieved proficiency rates in English for black students that matched or exceeded those of white students.
The disparity between black and white students is often obscured by reporting a school’s overall academic-achievement results. When scores at integrated schools are broken down by race, it becomes clear that wealthy white students pump up results, thus masking the ways schools continue to fail their low-income black students.
New research confirms what black education reformers have always known: The success of black students lies not in school integration, but in more black teachers and black-led charter schools committed to their achievement and well-being.
The study, issued last month by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, found that low-income black students who have just one black teacher in grades 3-5 are more likely to graduate and consider college, their likelihood of dropping out reduced by 29 percent. This is especially true for low-income black boys, whose dropout rates fall by a whopping 39 percent when a black teacher leads the class.
Much of the education world expressed shock at this news. The findings are stunning, especially considering that, according to National Center for Education Statistics data from 2013-14, only 72.5 percent of black students nationwide graduate from high school in four years, compared with 87 percent of white students. For black boys, the numbers are worse: In 2012-13, only 59 percent graduated in four years, according to a 2015 report by the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
However, in public schools nationwide, roughly 7 percent of teachers are black. We must make the recruiting and retaining of black teachers a top priority.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/04/black-teachers-matter-school-integration-doesnt.html
In New York City, where I teach, state testing sets the stage for the annual hand-wringing over the achievement gap between black and white students, which has barely budged in more than a decade. In 2016, the black-white achievement gap in English for students in grades 3-8 was staggering, with only 27 percent of black students achieving proficiency compared with 59 percent of white students.
Even in Brooklyn, where charter and traditional public schools put tremendous effort into integrated classrooms, the achievement gap remains. In 2016, none of the Brooklyn-based members of the National Coalition of Diverse Schools achieved proficiency rates in English for black students that matched or exceeded those of white students.
The disparity between black and white students is often obscured by reporting a school’s overall academic-achievement results. When scores at integrated schools are broken down by race, it becomes clear that wealthy white students pump up results, thus masking the ways schools continue to fail their low-income black students.
New research confirms what black education reformers have always known: The success of black students lies not in school integration, but in more black teachers and black-led charter schools committed to their achievement and well-being.
The study, issued last month by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, found that low-income black students who have just one black teacher in grades 3-5 are more likely to graduate and consider college, their likelihood of dropping out reduced by 29 percent. This is especially true for low-income black boys, whose dropout rates fall by a whopping 39 percent when a black teacher leads the class.
Much of the education world expressed shock at this news. The findings are stunning, especially considering that, according to National Center for Education Statistics data from 2013-14, only 72.5 percent of black students nationwide graduate from high school in four years, compared with 87 percent of white students. For black boys, the numbers are worse: In 2012-13, only 59 percent graduated in four years, according to a 2015 report by the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
However, in public schools nationwide, roughly 7 percent of teachers are black. We must make the recruiting and retaining of black teachers a top priority.