Inequity in Education

Jason A. Grissom and Christopher Redding of Vanderbilt University find that African American children are less likely to attend gifted programs in basic education. The same is true for Hispanic children. While 16.7% of the student population are Black, only 9.8% in gifted programs are African American. For Hispanics, 22.3% of students are Hispanic yet only 15.4% of students enrolled in gifted programs are Hispanic. Such is a glaring demonstration of inequity in basic education. In the Philippines, although the population is more or less homogeneous in terms of race, a much more striking inequity exists according to family income. In 2011, the Philippine Collegian reported that half of the entering class in the University of Philippines, Diliman campus are from "millionaires".

Above copied from the Philippine Collegian
This year, there are no tuition and miscellaneous fees because of the new law that covers these expenses for all state universities and colleges. In the Philippines, the wealthy therefore is not just able to attend a premier institution but also receive higher education on the shoulder of taxpayers.


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