How the racial achievement gap stubbornly refuses to go away, despite all our best efforts

There is now, and always has been, a gap in the academic achievement of black people and white, once they have passed through the schools and universities of Britain and the United States. Attempts to explain or eradicate this gap have met with little success. United Kingdom Department for Education (2020) Students getting 3 A grades or better at A level, Washington Post (2020) Justice Department Sues Yale, Washington Post; 9/10/20. Rowley, Rochelle L.; Wright, David W. (2011) No “White“ Child Left Behind: The Academic Achievement Gap between Black and White Students, The Journal of Negro Education Vol 80 No. 2 (Spring 2011) pp. 93-107.
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