Notes for article.

 Whitmire, Richard. "The Education Gap: Why Minority Test Scores Lag." Gannett News Service. Nov. 5 1997: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 16 Sep 2010.

·         Most of the learning gap occurs before minority children enter kindergarten.

·         “In SAT scores, the gap is roughly 100 points in both verbal and math.”

·         There is not that much proof teachers and students of the same race do better.

·         Rural/ small towns actually spend more on minority students.

·         The reason that most minority kids fall behind before school is parents font read to them, and the community is weakened without things like good family, community interactions, church.

·         “At the University of North Carolina, psychologist Craig Ramey showed that a high-quality preschool can boost IQs by 7 to 10 points, with the gains holding as the children entered adulthood. Their average IQ is 100.”

·         Smaller classes have proven to help minority classes more.

·         Better parenting will help children perform better in school

·         Private minority schools score better than public

·         Parents are more involved in public schools

·         Minority families offer less support to students