Black Students Receive F in Economics, According to National Report Card Assessment
WASHINGTON, D.C.
When it comes to knowing the basics of economics, such as how banks use money deposited into checking accounts to fund loans and what the nation’s primary source of revenue is, Black students are the most clueless, according to the Nation’s Report Card on Economics.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_9109.shtml
August 16th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Fourteen-year-old Damon Williams is a model investor with 50,000 dollars already accumulated. His portfolio has over 30 companies. His mother played and important role in his investment strategy. What role did his school or the curriculum play in his education?
I am growing weary of these reports and statistics about African American high school students in this country. What curriculum is taught in the schools they attend? How does the curricula in poor urban and rural communities compare with those in more affluent communities? Who are the teachers? What are they qualified to teach or not? What do you think Asa Hilliard’s response to this report would be? I am saddened by this tremendous loss of such an outstanding educator in our country. His chapeter in Young, Gifted, and Black is worth passing on to the writers of this piece.
Check out www.moneytrack.org. Now, there’s a resource worth examining as we explore solutions to a problem that is clearly not a problem simply for Black students. All of the groups mentioned in the article could benefit from a better education in this area.