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  • Racial gaps persist for Montana’s Indigenous foster care youth

    New research shows Indigenous youth comprise more than a third of the children in Montana’s foster care system, despite making up a far smaller segment of the state’s overall population. Researchers said addressing the problem is challenging. Data from the National Center for Juvenile Justice show the number of Indigenous...
  • Más californianos obtienen títulos universitarios, pero aumentan diferencias raciales

    Cada vez más californianos van a la universidad y obtienen un título de asociado o superior, pero persisten las diferencias raciales, según un nuevo informe. Investigadores de la Universidad de Georgetown descubrieron que la obtención de títulos aumento casi un 6% entre 2010 y 2020. Pero la brecha entre adultos...
  • More Californians earn college degrees, but racial gaps widen

    More and more Californians are going to college, earning an associate degree or higher but racial gaps persist, according to a new report. Researchers from Georgetown University found degree attainment went up almost 6% between 2010 and 2020 but the gap between white adults and Latino or Black adults getting...
  • Back-to-Schoolers Face Teacher Shortages, Polarization and Learning Gaps

    Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services K-12 students returning to school this month face teacher shortages, pitched battles over curricula, and pandemic-era learning gaps, teachers and education officials explained at an August 18 briefing held by Ethnic Media Services. Teacher Shortages Some 233,000 thousand public school teachers left the profession...
  • Study Finds Racial, Gender Gaps in Students’ Plans for College

    A new survey of 25,000 high school seniors finds 74% say they want to go to college – but only 66% expect to enroll. The nonprofit YouthTruth found the 8% percent gap widens to 14% for Native American students, 10% for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders, 9% Hispanics, and 8% for...
  • Integrated student support programs are closing education gaps

    Child Trends New study finds growing evidence for model that supports the whole child A new Child Trends report, Making the Grade: A Progress Report, finds growing evidence for a rapidly expanding approach to educational achievement known as integrated student supports (ISS). This school-based approach to promoting students’ academic success...
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