期刊名称：Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
印刷版ISSN：1305-8223
电子版ISSN：1305-8223
出版年度：2019
卷号：15
期号：3
页码：1-11
DOI：10.29333/ejmste/103047
出版社：Pamukkale Univ Dept Sci Education
摘要：This study examined the effects of economic inequality on the academic achievement
of the African-American males. African-American males are disproportionately poor,
many living below the poverty line. The neighborhoods African-American males live in
have few resources for learning which fosters low academic achievement. Predictions
were made that African- American males in poor families will have lower academic
achievement than white males and that African-American males who live in
impoverished neighborhood environments attend blighted schools which affect their
academic achievement. Regression analyses yielded results showing poverty as
statistically significant; however poverty alone was not the only predictor on the
outcome of academic achievement. The research findings of this study evoke the need
for further research into the decline of academic achievement among African-American
males. Policy recommendations for the alleviation of the problem circumscribe the
problem of school finance at the local, state, and federal level.
