Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Achievement Gap Response (Con'd)
The statistic that surprised me the most in The Achievement Gap is Black and Latino kids are 2-3 times more likely to have below basic skills in reading and math. I wonder why couldn't they be like Whites and Asians? What do we have that they don't? What this makes me think about is that Blacks and Latino might not be as focus as White and Asians in school probably because of their surroundings at home or they aren't being treated well by there parents. There parents might not be pushing them at school and just letting the Blacks or Latino kids do whatever they want. Like they can play games or watch T.V or hang out with their friends after school and their parents might not care. Some might but they won't be as strict as whites and Asians parents about homework. But in my opinion, I don't think this is truth because we all have the same brain.
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I actually think it often has more to do with economic background than race. For example, white students as a group who live in poorer rural neighborhoods show similarly shocking results to black and latino students as a group in poor urban neighborhoods. It is often more related to how much money an area has rather than the race of its people. Unfortunately, in the US, because of racism and the histories of immigration there is a larger overlap between low income communities and black and latino students. -Ms. Giusto
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Ms.Giusto. That could be another reason why Blacks and Latino might be 2-3 below basic skills in reading and math than Asians and Whites. I also think the Blacks and Latino looked up to their parents and learned from them.
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