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Investigating the black girls’ achievement gap

The achievement gap between black and white female students is larger than the difference between black male students and their white counterparts.

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The achievement gap between black and white female students is larger than the difference between black male students and their white counterparts. A news outlet that focuses on black issues in America, NewsOne.com, will spend a month documenting the struggle black girls around the country face and efforts made to keep them out of the school-to-prison pipeline. (NewsOne)

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