Showing posts with label statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statistics. Show all posts

Tuesday

Chatter with Children in Grocery Stores

A new study investigates adult chatter with their children while in the grocery store and find that it may help overcome the "word gap"that exists between children entering elementary school.

States with Most K-12 Black Student Graduates

National Center for Education Statistics new study shows that my home state, Georgia, is not among the top states with the most K-12 student graduates who are African-American/Black. Unfortunately, this is no shocker to me, but I do hope for the days where Georgia can proudly make this this. Here are those states that are above the national average of African-American/Black graduates.

National average69% graduation rate for African-American/Black students compared to 73% for Hispanic students, 86% for white students, and 88% for Asian students.

In reverse order, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

10. South Carolina and Arizona (71%)
9. Vermont and Maine (72%)
8. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts and Missouri (73%)
7. Iowa, Delaware, Nebraska, West Virginia (74%)
6. Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia (75%)
5. North Dakota, New Hampshire, Hawaii (76%)
4. Maryland (77%)
3. Arkansas (78%)
2. Montana and Tennessee (79%)
1. Texas (84%)