Welcome to the next stage- high school!
As you look at these statistics, consider your high school experiences and how they might have been different from your character’s.
According to 2013–14 data collected by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, black K–12 students are 3.8 times as likely as their white peers to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions.
More girls than boys graduate in the top 10% and the second 10% of their classes
Far more girls than boys have GPAs of A+, A and A- while far more boys than girls have GPAs of C or below. (Higher overall GPA)
African American students are less likely than white students to have access to college-ready courses. In fact, in 2011-12, only 57 percent of black students have access to a full range of math and science courses necessary for college readiness, compared to with 81 percent of Asian American students and 71 percent of white students.
Students of color are often concentrated in schools with fewer resources. Schools with 90 percent or more students of color spend $733 less per student per year than schools with 90 percent or more white students. FIND NEWER
Latino high school dropout rates are currently the highest in the nation, more than three times higher than those of Whites and twice those of Blacks and African Americans.
LGBTQ youth of color and transgender teenagers experience unique challenges and elevated stress — only 11 percent of youth of color surveyed believe their racial or ethnic group is regarded positively in the U.S., and over 50 percent of trans and gender expansive youth said they can never use school restrooms that align with their gender identity.
Online platforms were the most used means by the governments to deliver education while schools remain closed, with 83 per cent of countries using this method. However, this allowed for potentially reaching only about a quarter of schoolchildren worldwide.