Group Research Project: Education and Occupations
Sam Last
Mr. Toms
Race & Ethnicity
21 November, 2012
Group Research Project: Education and Occupations For this course the class chose a research project that incorporated one’s race and ethnicity with different aspects of their lives. The aspects focused on in the class project were as follows: education, occupation, crime, and social status. The purpose of this paper is to present data to determine if a person’s race and/or ethnicity affect their opportunities in education and/or in their occupation. Results for determining the correlation between these aspects were derived from literary sources, research, and collected data. This paper will examine literature sources that identify connections between the effects of race and ethnicity on one’s education and occupation. A description of the research process will also be included to provide evidence to support the legitimacy of the conclusions established. The final piece covered in this paper is the analysis of the data collected to interoperate it, the data, as it relates to the topic being studied. Literary sources provide a starting point in understanding the idea of race and ethnicity being related to education and occupations. Once source chosen to analyze the relationship between race and education was a research article constructed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation titled “Unequal Opportunities in Education.” This article discusses the opportunities available to minority races opposed to the majority race. The article suggests that minority groups are given less opportunities to succeed in education than the majority group. As stated in the article the most critical factors to effectively promote student success include: quality teachers, smaller class sizes, access to high quality after-school programs, advanced curricula, and modern learning facilities. All of which minority groups are likely to be deprived of more than majority groups. It is also suggested in the article that systematic
Mr. Toms
Race & Ethnicity
21 November, 2012
Group Research Project: Education and Occupations For this course the class chose a research project that incorporated one’s race and ethnicity with different aspects of their lives. The aspects focused on in the class project were as follows: education, occupation, crime, and social status. The purpose of this paper is to present data to determine if a person’s race and/or ethnicity affect their opportunities in education and/or in their occupation. Results for determining the correlation between these aspects were derived from literary sources, research, and collected data. This paper will examine literature sources that identify connections between the effects of race and ethnicity on one’s education and occupation. A description of the research process will also be included to provide evidence to support the legitimacy of the conclusions established. The final piece covered in this paper is the analysis of the data collected to interoperate it, the data, as it relates to the topic being studied. Literary sources provide a starting point in understanding the idea of race and ethnicity being related to education and occupations. Once source chosen to analyze the relationship between race and education was a research article constructed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation titled “Unequal Opportunities in Education.” This article discusses the opportunities available to minority races opposed to the majority race. The article suggests that minority groups are given less opportunities to succeed in education than the majority group. As stated in the article the most critical factors to effectively promote student success include: quality teachers, smaller class sizes, access to high quality after-school programs, advanced curricula, and modern learning facilities. All of which minority groups are likely to be deprived of more than majority groups. It is also suggested in the article that systematic