Racial achievement gap shifts

Black students have made important gains in Southern states, but significant gaps between them and their white peers have opened up in the North and Midwest

By Sam Dillon / The Bulletin
July 16, 2009

Historically, the achievement gap between America’s black and white students was widest in Southern states, where the legacies of slavery and segregation were reflected in extremely low math and reading scores among poor African-American children.

But black students have made important....

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