the report focuses on the different parenting styles found in black and white households and argues that these cultural differences help create an achievement gap not fixable by schools
REPORT: NEGLIGENT PARENTING HURTS BLACK STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE
by JOHN SEXTON15 Jun 2015209
A newly-published report says that some parenting choices and attitudes can hurt the success of black students in school.
The Economic Policy Institute is a left-leaning think tank funded in part by unions. After noting that their report does not describe “all lower-social-class families” the authors look at social factors which depress student performance.
In its first key finding, the report focuses on the different parenting styles found in black and white households and argues that these cultural differences help create an achievement gap not fixable by schools. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey EPI produces the following chart:
