Education and race in Minnesota

Rashard Zanders:

If current performance remains constant, researchers calculate that while 14 out of 100 Asian/Pacific Islanders and 12 out of 100 White 9th graders will graduate high school and then immediately complete a bachelor’s degree in the state within six additional years, the same will be achieved by only three out of 100 American Indian students, three out of 100 Black students, and five out of 100 Hispanics.

Black, American Indian and Hispanic students (even those who take the ACT) take less rigorous course loads and are less likely to study high-level high school math than their non-minority counterparts. This leaves them less prepared for college-level work.

The racial/ethnic makeup of Minnesota high schools is changing: By 2013, non-White racial/ethnic groups will constitute 21 percent of the state’s high school graduates — a 52 percent increase in minority students and a 19 percent decrease in White students compared to 2003 levels.

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