Statistics About Black Americans - Education 79% are high school graduates (vs. 14% in 1950)
17% are college graduates (vs. 2% in 1950). Women: 18%. Men: 16%
Top 5 states with largest % of black college grads: Vermont 35%, Montana 33%, New Hampshire 28%, Maine 23%, Idaho 22%
3% have post-college degrees
95% of black children ages 5 and 6 are enrolled in school (vs. 69% in 1954)
School vouchers: 57% support, 43% oppose
Best way for more black kids to receive a good education: 44% say change district boundaries, 40% more government money, 10% vouchers, 6% combo or other answer
81% believe too little money is spent on schools
School prayer: 79% support, 20% oppose, 1% don't know
Has educational equality happened since 1964: 77% say yes
Quality of their kid's school: 37% fair, 35% excellent or good, 25% poor
Are black kids' school options = to white kids: 68% say no, 31%yes
Single-gender public schools: 26% support
What would best help more blacks go to college: 65% say better college preparation, 25% more financial aid, 4% more spaces for black students
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 JCPES survey
1 comment:
>Education 79% are high school graduates (vs. 14% in 1950)
^Great.
>17% are college graduates (vs. 2% in 1950). Women: 18%. Men: 16%
We can do better
>Top 5 states with largest % of black college grads: Vermont 35%, Montana 33%, New Hampshire 28%, Maine 23%, Idaho 22%
Given the lack of large black populations in those states, that's clearly the result of aggressive recruiting.
>3% have post-college degrees
It'd be nice to know the break down here.
All sociology, law, and mba's?
>95% of black children ages 5 and 6 are enrolled in school (vs. 69% in 1954)
Great.
>School vouchers: 57% support, 43% oppose
Red Herring.
Many parents want vouchers to private/parochial schools or charter schools?
Why?
Is it because those institutions have historically done well in educating black children from impoverished backgrounds?
Or are parents desperate to try something else?
The data that's out there doesn't really support any solution
>Best way for more black kids to receive a good education: 44% say change district boundaries, 40% more government money, 10% vouchers, 6% combo or other answer
Again, the people responding to this question have some level of knowledge of the issue?
>81% believe too little money is spent on schools
How would they know?
How can they judge?
>School prayer: 79% support, 20% oppose, 1% don't know
Why?
>Has educational equality happened since 1964: 77% say yes
And they can judge this how?
>Quality of their kid's school: 37% fair, 35% excellent or good, 25% poor
And they can judge this how?
>Are black kids' school options = to white kids: 68% say no, 31%yes
Pessimism @ its finest.
>Single-gender public schools: 26% support
Overwhelming non-support.
>What would best help more blacks go to college: 65% say better college preparation, 25% more financial aid, 4% more spaces for black students
^^This is a turning point.
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