Race

Education
Asian Students

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on race and college is low. and how it it made make
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that early high costs of that students issue from the
access to college with early point of
education education, and access to technology
plays a large the lack of education are though. Its an
role in the access to less likely to interesting, yet
likelihood of dropout and relevant take
higher level
students more likely to
attending a coursework in college The authors
four-year middle and theory about
college high school technology
are major within
components of education and
the importance
the issue.
of early
access to
education is
extremely
useful because
it sheds insight
on the difficult
problem of the
achievement
gap

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claims that widened with the academic are offered less this article talks
access
African American fact that African achievement gap honors and AP about is still a
improves for students are American between black classes current problem
black often less students are and white - Black students in high school
students but prepared for least likely to students, and receive lower and college, but I
college than take Advanced what is being test scores do think that the
for which
white and Asian Placement (AP) done to reduce - Black students achievement gap
ones? students. They and/or honors the gap. have a higher between black
generally have classes when dropout rate and white
lower test scores offered. - black students students is
and a higher Statistics from are more likely to getting smaller
dropout rate. the College take remedial as time goes on.
With this Board show that courses in high
 information the only 30% of school than other Although I agree
author claims African racial groups with Conkley up
that white and Americans who to a point, I do
Asian students are good at math strongly believe
have a took AP Math, that the
significantly compared to achievement gap
greater Asian students between African
academic at 60%. Aside American and
achievement from the fact that white students is
than African African American shrinking, and
American students are cannot accept
students. least likely to his overall
take an AP research.
course when
offered, many
schools that are
predominately
black and
Hispanic dont
even have
advanced
courses such as
AP and honors
offered to them

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the claims that in author's use of relates to students often story helps to
Achievement order for his past problems in feel as if the show the
Gap minority teaching college that system is perspectives of
students to experiences to minority against them students who
close the provide the students may struggle to
achievement reader with have a harder In order to succeed in the
gap, they must background on time mending close the current school
provide new his experience the achievement system
forms of help with the achievement gap, teachers
and implement achievement gap due to must Additionally, it
new learning gap. I also their understand helps to give
styles to found the experiences in that they might advice to
encourage information on early need to educators on
students and how students education. change the how to confront
to provide performed Therefore, he ways they the problem
them better and believes teach or and to begin to
incentives to were more helping to reinforce their close the
attain equal determined to encourage students achievement
levels of succeed and learning in gap
education and learn when the younger
success. teach students to Also, I think
attempted prepare them that this is a
different for their future. good start to
learning closing the gap
curriculums by trying new
and ways to solve
encourages the problem
his students.
Gardner's
theory of how
to close the
achievement
gap is
extremely
useful because
it sheds insight
on the difficult
problem of
 changing
students
impression of
the school
system and its
influence on
their everyday
lives.

Asians How they It shows had My opinion on

performed claim that it's a gives the topic as a
better cultural thing examples of whole is that
academically that asian an any student
Explaining because they have more achievement can be just as
Asian put more effort effort because gap that occur smart or
into their of their beliefs from smarter than a
Americans schooling. then they say kindergarten asian american
academic that because all the way to as long as they
of this they pay college put the work in.
advantage psychologically
over whites
Although I
agree with up
to a point, I
cannot acce
his overall
researth that
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claims that the community important year schools brings up good
Community way that colleges are because the and points
College: Do community ranked on achievement universities concerning
Institutions colleges rank different gap is not community education
compared to aspects that between colleges serve availability
Differ? one another favor schools universities a more diverse between
and four year that are in and population with locations.
schools is not cities community to balance
accurately compared to colleges but school, family,
shown in the more rural between the and work I agree that
assessments. schools community obligations. education
Some colleges as opportunities
community well. differ from
colleges focus community
more on job college based
training on where you
compared to come from
ones that because my
focus on experience
transfer from being
credits. from a rural
town compared
to what is
offered at
CPCC
confirms it.