Teachers Have Lower Expectations for Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds

by Gary Kopycinski on October 7, 2014

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. A new report published today by the Center for American Progress found that teachers have lower expectations for students of color and those from high-poverty backgrounds. The report also found that high school students who have teachers with higher expectations were more than three times more likely to graduate from college than their peers.