Race for Results Report Out - WI Shows Wide Gap

The Wisconsin Education Association Council's  (WEAC) website just published an article Oct 25: "Wisconsin has nation's widest gap in well-being between white and African American children, report says". The article highlights information about the findings in the Race for Results: Building a Path for Opportunity for All Children report which examines statistics in all 50 states by the Casey Foundation including:

• In Wisconsin, just 64% of African American students graduate high school on time, compared to 93% of white non-Hispanic students. Only 78% of Hispanic and American Indian students graduate on time.
• 72% of white children in Wisconsin live in families that are economically secure compared to just 24% of African American children, 30% of Latino children, 31% of Hmong children, and 36% of American Indian children.
• Wisconsin children in immigrant families are one third less likely to live in families who are economically secure (double the poverty level) than children in US-born families.
• The 4th grade reading proficiency rate of Wisconsin children in US-born families is dramatically low, only 39%. That compares to an appallingly low rate of 9% of Wisconsin children in immigrant families.

To download the full report, click here