Data Analytics: The Relationship Between Race and Disparities in Educational Attainment
Session Number
Project ID: BHVSO 14
Advisor(s)
Patrick Kearney, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Discipline
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Start Date
20-4-2022 9:30 AM
End Date
20-4-2022 9:45 AM
Abstract
The purpose of this research paper is to identify the role of the racial makeup in American public schools has on educational outcomes. Current literature explains how low socioeconomic and academic resources create a negative compounded effect. Due to systematic disadvantages, minorities are less likely to graduate from high school and attend college. This project hypothesizes that even when controlling for socioeconomic factors, race still plays a role in economic outcomes. Using data from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on both race and socioeconomics over the past ten years, this paper hopes to demonstrate the role that race continues to play in education outcomes. In doing so, it highlights the continued need to not only focus on economic policy issues but also on broader institutional reform as it applies to minority students’ academic success.
Data Analytics: The Relationship Between Race and Disparities in Educational Attainment
The purpose of this research paper is to identify the role of the racial makeup in American public schools has on educational outcomes. Current literature explains how low socioeconomic and academic resources create a negative compounded effect. Due to systematic disadvantages, minorities are less likely to graduate from high school and attend college. This project hypothesizes that even when controlling for socioeconomic factors, race still plays a role in economic outcomes. Using data from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on both race and socioeconomics over the past ten years, this paper hopes to demonstrate the role that race continues to play in education outcomes. In doing so, it highlights the continued need to not only focus on economic policy issues but also on broader institutional reform as it applies to minority students’ academic success.