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Southern Education Foundation “Miles to Go: The State of Education for Black Students in America”
A 2024 report from the Southern Education Foundation titled “Miles to Go: The State of Education for Black Students in America” found:
In spite of progress in the wake of the Brown decision in 1954, racial segregation in K-12 schools has been increasing for several decades. Today, 81% of Black students in the U.S. and 82% in the South attend schools whose enrollment is majority students of color – a higher rate than in the late 1960s and up substantially from 62% nationally and 55% in the South in the mid-1970s.
Black children are less likely than their peers to be identified for critical early intervention services, including speech and physical therapy, and psychological and social work services. Black children with developmental delays are 78% less likely than their peers to receive the services they need.
Black students are suspended at more than three times the rates of their White and Hispanic classmates – despite research that consistently shows these disparities are not a result of higher rates of misbehavior or more egregious misbehavior. A study of more than 32 million students in 95,000 schools found that school-discipline disparities by race were instead associated with rates of racial bias.
Black students’ average scores are lower than those of other students on standardized tests such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the SAT and ACT, and Advanced Placement (AP) exams, and they have lower rates of school attendance, high school graduation, college enrollment, and other measures.
Now more than ever, we want our members to help inform the future of BEAC so we can continue to provide the right tools and resources to improve the educational outcomes of black students in the United States. Please take a
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Let’s make this year the year of impact for black students and all students.
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