Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
SEF report reveals persistent educational inequities for Black students in America, 70 years post-Brown v. Board of Education. Issues include limited access to quality early education, inequitable K-12 funding, less-experienced teachers, fewer advanced course opportunities, harmful discipline practices, and lower college affordability. Racial segregation in K-12 schools increasing, school funding systems inadequate, only 4% of Black children under 6 participate in high-quality state pre-K programs. Teacher shortages worsened by lack of Black educators, Black Americans disproportionately burdened by college debt, only 12.5% of college students are Black. Report highlights opportunity gaps, not achievement gaps, as the real issue.
