... the reasons for slow growth in academic achievement of black students and the best policies to repair the educational system. Many researchers are now shifting their focus from black vs. white, to poor vs. rich. According to Sandra Feldman in her article in the National Journal, "If Americans are serious about closing the achievement gapthen our leaders must stop ignoring the ... better education. This cycle continues through generations and effects society as a whole as Robert Crosnoe noted in the Journal of Marriage & Family : The association between poverty and educational attainment ...

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... of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his ... that the school districts include minorities to create an education equal between districts (Kozol, 1991, p. 3). African-American weren't the only race that was experiencing the inequality of education but as well as Lat...

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... how 42,000 native Spanish speakers did through 13 years of bilingual instruction. The professors discovered that students in six years of well-designed bilingual classes did much better on 11th grade standardized English tests, despite the fact that children are removed from such programs ... origins. It proceeds to expend billions of dollars on a flawed idea, preventing children from receiving a quality education and possibly harming them psychologically as well. There is another aspect of native-language instruction that leaves much to be desired. The uneven application of B.E. is very...

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