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Background of Black Education
Special Education
Poverty's influence on Black Education
Race-Based Achievement Standards
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What was the first primary type of education for African Americans?
African Americas learned trades before they were allowed to receive academic education.
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What percentage do African Americans make up of special education students in elementary and secondary schools?
They make up 21%
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Who makes up the largest group to attend schools in underfunded school districts?
African Americans.
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What were race based achievement standards once known as?
They were once known as racial classifications.
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What is the court case that ended segregation in the public school system?
Plessy v. Ferguson
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What does the acronym IDEA stand for?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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What group has the lowest graduation rate and what it their percentage of graduation?
African American male, with 47% as graduates.
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What is a consequence of race-based achievement standards on black children?
Black children are less, as a whole, motivated to succeed in schools.
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What are the major differences of black school compared to white schools?
1.Poor funding 2. Less trained teachers. 3. Used/damaged/outdated supplies.
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What was the impact of IDEA
They revealed the misdiagnosis and misplacement of minority, mostly black, students who were placed into special education programs.
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What were the difference in the college enrollment rate between white and black students.
With white enrollment at 70% and black enrollment at 56%, the difference is of 14% enrollment.
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What is the suggested benefit of Race Based Achievement Standards?
Some suggest that race based standards are fairly used to assist the needs of at-risk minority students, and helps to close the achievement gap.
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What is the goal of the NCLB act?
Its goal is to created equalized education by narrowing education gaps. NCLB uses race based achievement standards to set annual goals of proficiency from school districts.
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African American students place in special education program are also more likely to...(name three)
1.Higher drop out rates 2.Higher incarceration rates 3.Lower college attendance 4.Low wages 5.Lower socioeconomic well being 6. More dire health statistics
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What is the effect of underfunded school districts on the black community?
Underfunded school systems, do not provide the adequate resources that black children need to achieve their best, leading to low success rates of black children, and low graduation and college enrollment rates.
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What is the criticism of race based achievement standards?
Some suggest that race based achievement standards are "state approved stamps of inferiority". They do not allow minority children to seize their full potential.