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Article: Religious Faith, Intact Families Eliminate Achievement Gap Between White Students and Students of Color, According to Nationwide Data Study.(Clinical report)
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- March 29, 2007
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Byline: Calif. State University, Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif., March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent analysis of nationwide data by a Southern California professor shows that the achievement gap is more easily bridged than most academics and educators believe.
William Jeynes, professor of education at California State University, Long Beach, found that when highly religious African-American and Latino students from intact families were compared with white students, the achievement gap disappeared.
The results were based on an analysis of the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), and they ostensibly refute assertions written in the ...