title:
Unlocking opportunity for African American girls : a call to action for education equity
creator:
Smith-Evans Leticia,author.
creator:
National Women's Law Center.sponsoring body.
creator:
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.sponsoring body.
description:
Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 12, 2019)
description:
1. Introduction -- 2. Past is prologue : African American women in the civil rights movement -- 3. Public perception and self-esteem : racial and gender stereotypes in the classroom -- 4. Pathways to poverty : school disparities and other barriers to educational success for African American girls -- 5. Data on academic indicators : African American girls left behind -- 6. Economic outcomes : the consequences of educational disparities -- 7. A call to action to eliminate educational disparities for African American girls -- Endnotes.
description:
This report released by National Women's Law Center and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund outlines the discipline disparities for African-American girls and notes that pervasive racial and gender biases in education often prevent students from succeeding. The report shines a spotlight on the barriers that restrict and limit the educational opportunities of many African American girls, the impact of those barriers on the lives of African American girls and women, and the available interventions that present opportunities to fundamentally improve life outcomes for young African American women.
description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-58).
subject:
Educational equalization--United States
subject:
African American teenage girls--Social conditions--21st century
subject:
African American teenage girls--Education--Social aspects.
subject:
Discrimination in education--United States.
subject:
Discrimination in school discipline--United States.
subject:
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Economic aspects--United States.
type:
text
language:
eng
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identifier:
https://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/unlocking_opportunity_for_african_american_girls_report.pdf