Race and Equality in Education

The importance of education in later life is constantly demonstrated by statistics which show a disparity in earnings between individuals with varying education levels. This disparity can be magnified by racial differences. Although the disparity in earnings between whites and blacks decreased during the period of 1959 to 1979, what disparity remained could largely be explained by the disparity in education between the two groups. There was still a large gap between the percentage of white who attended college and the percentage of non-Asian nonwhites wno attended college. In addition, although blacks and whites had roughly the same high school enrollment rates in 1980, the percentage of whites who graduated from high school was far higher than the percentage of blacks (Sandefur & Pahari, 1989, pp. 216-18).

The idea of equality of opportunity in education has changed over time. In preindustrial Europe, a child's opportunities were limited

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of the students were nonwhite and the average white student attended a school in which 17% of the students were nonwhite (Boozer, Krueger, & Wolkon, 1992, pp. 270-82). one indication of resource devotion is the student-teacher ratio in schools. The disparity in this area between white and black students is not as great as it used to be; in fact, it is almost nonexistent. Hispanic students, on the other hand, tend to attend schools that have more students per teacher than those attended by white or black students. Another indication of school quality due to resources is computer-use. In this area, white students are far more likely to use computers in the classroom than either black or Hispanic students. The implication of the lack of computer use on the part of minority students is important in view of the increased use of computers in the workplace. Statistics have shown that workers who were not instructed on computers in school are less likely to use computers in the workplace, and minority workers are less likely than white workers to use computers on the job (Boozer, Krueger, & Wolkon, 1992, pp. 282-313). The study conducted by Coleman showed that there was some disparity between schools attended by blacks and those
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