Local data
Maine Youth Integrated Health Survey Results for Cumberland County - 2019
We Belong Here: Eliminating Inequity in Education for Immigrants and Students of Color in Maine: ACLU Maine’s report highlights the inequalities that exist within Maine’s schools, specifically the unequal treatment students of color face.
Source: ACLU report We Belong Here: Eliminating Inequity in Education for Immigrants and Students of Color in Maine
Source: ACLU report We Belong Here: Eliminating Inequity in Education for Immigrants and Students of Color in Maine
National Data
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): a great resource hub with data, reports, articles, surveys, and more on education in the US.
Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2018: a lengthy but extremely detailed report on racial disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the US. It is of particular interest to focus on the key indicators under the categories of demographics, preprimary, elementary, & secondary education participation, achievement, student behaviors and persistence, secondary education, and outcomes of education (pages iii-vii)
Disparities in Educational Outcomes Among Male Youth: “In 2013, the percentage of males ages 25–29 who had completed a bachelor's or higher degree was higher for Asians (55 percent) than for Whites (37 percent), those of Two or more races (29 percent), Blacks (17 percent), and Hispanics (13 percent). This percentage was also higher for White males and males of Two or more races than for their Hispanic and Black peers.”
New Report Shows Increased Diversity in U.S. Schools, Disparities in Outcomes: provides visuals on disparities between races in terms of reading scale scores, undergraduate enrollment, & more.
Disparities in School Discipline Move Students of Color Toward Prison: “According to the latest data, which was collected from schools nationwide during the 2009-2010 academic year, black students were three and a half times more likely to be suspended or expelled than their white classmates. What’s more, African Americans made up 46 percent of those students who were suspended more than once. During the 2009-2010 school year, 39 percent of all expulsions were of black students even though they represented only 18 percent of enrolled students at sampled schools. These racial disparities in suspension and expulsion rates cannot be explained, as some contend, by socioeconomic status or by higher rates of misbehavior among students of color. Multiple studies confirm that students of color receive harsher consequences than their white peers for committing the same offenses.”
Racial Biases and Racist Origins of Standarized Testing: Ever hear people talk about the “achievement gap?” Students of color consistently have lower performance rates than their white counterparts on standardized testing. Learn why. (Hint: it’s rooted in systemic racism)