Hi professor and class,

Socioeconomic, gender, racial/ethnic differences significantly affect educational attainment in the United States. According to census data, the axes of inequality determine both academic and non-academic outcomes. For instance, in racial/ethnic differences, African American and Latino students underperform in academic assessments compared to white students (Assari, 2018). In the classes of advantage and disadvantage, students attending highly ranked schools which are mostly shite students perform predominantly better compared to students from disadvantaged communities. In terms of gender, girls perform better in language classes compared to boys who advance in science and mathematics classes.

References

Assari, S. (2018). Parental education attainment and educational upward mobility; role of race and gender. Behavioral Sciences, 8(11), 107.

~Traneisha

Good evening,

After reviewing the census data, I noticed that middle and lower class have less opportunity for education opportunities. In the United States, the class system is follow incomes have more advantages to education, safer communities and more resources. While reading this weeks chapters, it indicates “low-income students with higher test scores has a lower probability of completing college than a low-scoring, high-income student (Marger, 2014). Children in lower income communities attend schools that receive less funding than schools in higher income communities. According to child trends, children with high-income parents have better educational opportunities and the family has more time to spend on their child’s education; providing cognitive benefits through stimulation. Whereas children with low-income parents have less opportunity for education and the family has less time to spend on their children’s education (Sacks, 2020).

Krisy

Marger, M. N. (2014). Stratification Systems and Social Mobility. Login | GCU WebViewer. https://viewer.gcu.edu/ZBDWFF.

Sacks, V. (2020, March 26). The other achievement gap: Poverty and academic success. Child Trends. https://www.childtrends.org/blog/the-other-achievement-gap-poverty-and-academic-success.