{"id":832,"date":"2011-07-06T16:41:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T16:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speakcityheights.org\/?p=832"},"modified":"2011-07-08T19:43:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T19:43:22","slug":"schools-offer-plan-for-black-achievement-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/schools-offer-plan-for-black-achievement-3\/","title":{"rendered":"School District Offers Plan For Black Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">By Emily Alpert<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-79\" title=\"logo_vosd_small\" src=\"http:\/\/speakcityheights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/logo_vosd_small.gif\" alt=\"Logo for voice of san diego dot org\" width=\"202\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Diego Unified is rolling out a new plan to bolster the achievement of African-American and African students, groups that have traditionally lagged academically and are disproportionately likely to be disciplined or labeled with a disability. Its goal is to chip away at the racial achievement gap.<\/p>\n<p>The $3.5 million plan is moving ahead without funding as the school district is heading into another year of budget cuts. Superintendent Bill Kowba said there could be no excuses for failing to act.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 12 percent of San Diego Unified students are African American, including African immigrant kids. Compared to their white classmates, black kids are more than four times as likely to be suspended and a little more than half as likely to score well on state English tests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/education\/schooled\/article_b33281dc-a7dc-11e0-aa56-001cc4c002e0.html\">Click here for a list of changes included in the plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/2011\/jul\/06\/san-diego-unified-targets-african-american-achieve\/\">Click here to listen to KPBS&#8217;s coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Alpert San Diego Unified is rolling out a new plan to bolster the achievement of African-American and African students, groups that have traditionally lagged academically and are disproportionately likely to be disciplined or labeled with a disability. Its goal is to chip away at the racial achievement gap. 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