Black students who have one black teacher are more likely to go to college

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 10:02 in Psychology & Sociology

Having one black teacher in elementary school not only makes children more likely to graduate high school—it also makes them significantly more likely to enroll in college. Black students who’d had just one black teacher by third grade were 13 percent more likely to enroll in college—and those who’d had two were 32 percent more likely. […]

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