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- 03-18-2011
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Blog by Christina Samuels/Education Week
The latest report on the demographics of the nation's100 largest school districts shows that well over half of students—about 63 percent—are black or Hispanic. The percentage of black students in the largest districts was 26 percent, compared to 17 percent in school districts of all sizes. Hispanic students made up 37 percent of the population of the largest school districts, compared to 22 percent of students in districts of all sizes. The report from the National Center for Education Statistics, is full of interesting nuggets of information, which are all based on data collected during the 2007-08 school year. (more...)
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