In Some States AP Course Access and Scores Improve for Hispanics, But Not Blacks
Despite the strides made by educators and school districts to provide underrepresented students access to Advanced Placement courses, known predictors of college success, African-Americans lag behind their White counterparts in AP course enrollment and success, the College Board reveals in its annual AP Report to the Nation.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
“We can see that African-American students, in particular, are not receiving the encouragement and support to enroll in AP classes.”
Interesting observation and absolutely true I suspect. Where then should the support come from? Should the state be sending it’s support and encouragement? Should school districts push kids into AP courses? How do parents fit into the equation? Desire for enrollment in AP courses starts with parents and the responsibility for performance ends with the students. The programs must be availabe and students and parents should know about them but ultimately, participation in and success in AP courses is a matter family support and hard work from the student. Those aspects, of course, are not PC and will never be blamed for lack of success.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
I believe that the reason for the disparity in the different races
has to do with opportunity. Many sentiments are deep rooted as evidenced
in cultered attitudes brought on from decades of oppression. Society has a whole must understand that the injustice that has happened in this country
can not be fixed over night. Asians as a whole were not exposed to the old attitudes of this country for many of them arrived post Martin Luther King.