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| THE BLACK-WHITE ACHIEVEMENT GAP |
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| Why Closing It Is the Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time |
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 More than half a century after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, inequality still reigns supreme in America’s classrooms. Based on results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and other studies, African American students score below 75 percent of white students on most standardized tests. Not coincidentally, young white adults are approximately twice as likely as their black peers to earn a college degree, and nearly three times less likely to land in prison. In critical academic matters, why do black American children overwhelmingly lag behind white American children? And what are the long-term economic, social, and racial ramifications for our country if we continue to overlook this deeply distressing reality? |
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 "It's an undeniable truth that we have a serious educational problem in America," states distinguished former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. In THE BLACK-WHITE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, he joins forces with educational practitioner and advocate Elaine Witty to identify the causes of this racial divide and propose realistic, productive solutions. "Now is the time to see the gap as what it really is: a major barrier to racial equality and social justice in America," Paige stresses. He calls on African American leaders at all levels-national, state, city, town, and church-to take ownership of this challenge and work with policy makers, educators, community groups, and parents to overcome it. |
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The Black-White Achievement Gap
Rod Paige and Elaine Witty
ISBN: 978-0-8144-1519-1
210 pages/hardcover/$22.00
Amacom/February 2010
www.RodPaige.com
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| ROD PAIGE was U.S. Secretary of Education from 2001 through 2005 under President George W. Bush. He served as Superintendent of Houston Schools for eight years and was Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University for 10 years. He currently serves as a board member to numerous foundations, corporations, and non-profit organizations working to advance education in the United States and around the world. He lives in Houston, Texas.
| | ELAINE WITTY, Ed.D, served 18 years as Dean of Education at Norfolk State University and is a noted educator. Prior to working in higher education, she taught in elementary, middle, and high schools. She lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
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