Authors attempt to bridge `Racial Gap in Learning'.(Arts and Lifestyle)

The Boston Herald;  November 23, 2003 ;     478 words ......Rob Mitchell No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning by Abigail and Stephen Thernstrom...Simon & Schuster, $26). There is a racial gap in American public schools that's hard...statistical correlation between funding and the racial gap in academic achievement. Dismayingly...

Culture and the racial gap

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 12, 2003 ;     552 words ...Culture and the racial gap By SARAH CARR scarr@journalsentinel...October 12, 2003 No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning. By Abigail and Stephan...authors of "No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning." The husband and wife...

Racial gap is never OK

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ......measure of quality of life policing Racial gap is never OK By STANFORD Sunday, June 25, 2000 The debate over the racial gap in so-called quality of life policing...Whatever its reasons, however, a racial gap in the enforcement of laws is never...

Thernstorms' `No Excuses' oversimplifies the racial gap in...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 15, 2003 ;     554 words ...Byline: Sarah Carr No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning By Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom...Thernstrom, authors of No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning. The husband and wife team...argument that culture is the cause of the racial gap in learning is controversial. As ...

Local study finds large racial gap in asthma care

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 15, 2005 ;     372 words ......new study is documenting a disturbing racial gap in how asthma is managed in Chicago...children who have asthma. There was a big racial gap even after adjusting for age, sex, income...consortiums around the country. But the racial gap has persisted despite this "intense broad...

CAUSES OF THE RACIAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP ALL DERIVE FROM UNEQUAL TREATMENT :...

The Nation;  June 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ......national attention is focused on the racial gap in academic achievement, thanks in part...across the nation. The appearance of this racial gap is by no means a new development. For...renewed attention directed toward the racial gap in academic achievement has not led to...

No Excuses: Closing The Racial Gap In Learning.(Book review)

Catholic Education;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...NO EXCUSES: CLOSING THE RACIAL GAP IN LEARNING ABIGAIL THERNSTROM &...and Abigail Thernstrom state, The racial gap in academic achievement is an educational...facts and statistics that define the racial gap in education. For example, The average...

The declining contribution of socioeconomic disparities to the racial gap...

Southern Economic Journal;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......births) and the absolute (nonwhite-white) racial gap in infant mortality rates fell over time...of excess deaths, it is clear that the racial gap remained nontrivial even as it narrowed...Human Services 2000). Understanding the racial gap and its movement in the earlier period...

Racial gap in local mortgages discussed

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 10, 2000 ;     632 words ...Racial gap in local mortgages discussed Fannie Mae...action on narrowing the nation's worst racial gap in lending patterns ultimately an impossible...Comptroller W. Martin Morics calculated the racial gap at 2.7-to-1, meaning minorities are 2...

Public school reform would close racial gap in education, authors...

Black Issues in Higher Education;  November 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON The racial gap in learning is...Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning that...school system. The racial gap in academic issues...survey of high school students, when asked what...narrowing the racial education gap...Thernstrom said. Public ...

Study finds racial gap in surgery for glaucoma

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 15, 2000 ;     237 words ...Study finds racial gap in surgery for glaucoma Associated Press Tuesday, February 15, 2000...below what would have been expected. Previous researchers found a racial gap in glaucoma surgery when examining Medicare records from the late...

Study finds wider racial gap in mortgage approvals

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 29, 2000 ;     557 words ...Study finds wider racial gap in mortgage approvals Black applicants...community activist group shows that the racial gap in conventional-mortgage denials in...conventional mortgages. Milwaukee's racial gap was the highest among 50 metropolitan...

Mortgage racial gap easing

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 4, 2001 ;     485 words ...Mortgage racial gap easing, city report says Milwaukee continues to top cities in denial...on both sides of the mortgage equation could help close the city's racial gap in lending, which remains the nation's largest, according to a new...

The Widening Racial Gap in ACT College Admission Test Scores

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......on the ACT test than did whites. This racial gap is similar, on a percentage basis, to...and there has been no lessening of the racial gap on the ACT test. In 2007 the mean ACT...for blacks declined slightly. Thus, the racial gap in ACT test scores widened slightly in...

BOOK EXPLORES RACIAL GAP IN EDUCATION

The Boston Globe;  October 12, 2003 ;     606 words ......national tests. In their new book, "No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning," Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom write that the...the system." Q. How is Massachusetts doing in attacking the racial gap? A. We have not yet seen a significant closing of the gap...