Where students live plays key role in determining educational opportunities
California schools serving primarily Latino and African American students receive, on average, the poorest resources in a state that provides among the fewest educational opportunities in the nation, according to a new report by UCLA researchers and experts from other University of California campuses.
The California Educational Opportunity Report was prepared by the Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (IDEA) at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and the University of California All-Campus Consortium On Research for Diversity (UC ACCORD).
The annual report, which draws on the most recent state data, along with information gathered from a series of focus groups with diverse California parents:
- Explores the gap between achievement and both the aspirations of students and parents and the future demands of California's economy.
- Investigates the conditions of public schools, highlighting a lack of quality overall and inequality between different groups of schools.
- Draws attention to the increased likelihood that California schools will fail to meet federal accountability standards.
John Rogers, director of UCLA's IDEA and an associate professor of education, will discuss the report Monday in a telephone press conference and Web presentation.
WHEN:
9 a.m. (PST), Monday, Feb. 23
AUDIO:
Call: 1-800-762-8779 (ask to enter UCLA press conference)
WEB:
http://connect.actconferencing.com | Passcode: 676258570
WEB:
http://connect.actconferencing.com | Passcode: 676258570
MEDIA CONTACT:
Arif Shaikh | 310-267-4408 | 310-351-3931 (cell)
shaikh@gseis.ucla.edu
shaikh@gseis.ucla.edu
Additional information and copies of the report are available at www.EdOpp.org.
