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From the the lecture reading, describe three different factors that help to explain why poor and/or minority children suffer worse educational outcomes than do their class and race-privileged peers?

From the the lecture reading, describe three different factors that help to explain why poor and/or minority children suffer worse educational outcomes than do their class and race-privileged peers?

Social Psychology (10th Edition)
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From the the lecture reading, describe three different factors that help to explain why poor and/or minority children suffer worse educational outcomes than do their class and race-privileged peers?

 

Even the best performers from disadvantaged backgrounds, who enter kindergarten reading as well as the smartest rich kids, fall behind over the course of their schooling. The challenges such children face compared to their more fortunate peers are enormous. Children from low socioeconomic backgrounds are seven times more likely to have been born to a teenage mother. Only half live with both parents, compared with 83 percent of the children of college graduates. The children of less educated parents suffer higher obesity rates, have more social and emotional problems and are more likely to report poor or fair health. And because they are much poorer, they are less likely to afford private preschool or the many enrichment opportunities - extra lessons, tutors, music and art, elite sports teams that richer, better-educated parents lavish on their children. When they enter the public education system, they are shortchanged again. Eleven-year-olds from the wrong side of the tracks are about one-third more likely to have a novice teacher, according to Professor Waldfogel and her colleagues. They are much more likely to be held back a grade, a surefire way to stunt their development, the researchers say. Financed mainly by real estate taxes that are more plentiful in neighborhoods with expensive homes, public education is becoming increasingly
Transcribed Image Text:Even the best performers from disadvantaged backgrounds, who enter kindergarten reading as well as the smartest rich kids, fall behind over the course of their schooling. The challenges such children face compared to their more fortunate peers are enormous. Children from low socioeconomic backgrounds are seven times more likely to have been born to a teenage mother. Only half live with both parents, compared with 83 percent of the children of college graduates. The children of less educated parents suffer higher obesity rates, have more social and emotional problems and are more likely to report poor or fair health. And because they are much poorer, they are less likely to afford private preschool or the many enrichment opportunities - extra lessons, tutors, music and art, elite sports teams that richer, better-educated parents lavish on their children. When they enter the public education system, they are shortchanged again. Eleven-year-olds from the wrong side of the tracks are about one-third more likely to have a novice teacher, according to Professor Waldfogel and her colleagues. They are much more likely to be held back a grade, a surefire way to stunt their development, the researchers say. Financed mainly by real estate taxes that are more plentiful in neighborhoods with expensive homes, public education is becoming increasingly
to college as the children of high school graduates and seven times as likely as those of high school dropouts. Only 5 percent of Americans ages 25 to 34 whose parents didn't finish high school have a college degree. By comparison, the average across 20 rich countries in an analysis by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is almost 20 percent. The problem, of course, doesn't start in college. Earlier this week, Professor Waldfogel and colleagues from Australia, Canada and Britain published a new book titled "Too Many Children Left Behind" (Russell Sage). It traces the story of America's educational disparities across the life cycle of its children, from the day they enter kindergarten to eighth grade. Their story goes sour very early, and it gets worse as it goes along. On the day they start kindergarten, children from families of low socioeconomic status are already more than a year behind the children of college graduates in their grasp of both reading and math. And despite the efforts deployed by the American public education system, nine years later the achievement gap, on average, will have widened by somewhere from one-half to two-thirds.
Transcribed Image Text:to college as the children of high school graduates and seven times as likely as those of high school dropouts. Only 5 percent of Americans ages 25 to 34 whose parents didn't finish high school have a college degree. By comparison, the average across 20 rich countries in an analysis by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is almost 20 percent. The problem, of course, doesn't start in college. Earlier this week, Professor Waldfogel and colleagues from Australia, Canada and Britain published a new book titled "Too Many Children Left Behind" (Russell Sage). It traces the story of America's educational disparities across the life cycle of its children, from the day they enter kindergarten to eighth grade. Their story goes sour very early, and it gets worse as it goes along. On the day they start kindergarten, children from families of low socioeconomic status are already more than a year behind the children of college graduates in their grasp of both reading and math. And despite the efforts deployed by the American public education system, nine years later the achievement gap, on average, will have widened by somewhere from one-half to two-thirds.
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