Describe Ferguson’s findings about the racial achievement gap in high-achieving schools in a middle- and upper-middle-class area in Ann Arbor, Michigan, particularly in relation to the ways teachers interpret signals from students
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Even in the middle-class area, a racial achievement gap existed between black and white students.
2. Although one difference that existed was that the African American students were from lower economic backgrounds than the white students (i.e., middle- instead of upper-middle class) and their parents thus lacked access to the networks of white parents who shared strategies for success, Ferguson also found that the teachers’ interpretation of signals from students played a role.
3. Ferguson found that teachers often misread signals from black students. When black students were struggling, they tended to act disinterested rather than to acknowledge that they were struggling. Teachers interpreted these signals as laziness and apathy, and lowered their expectations for these students rather than offering help. The students performed more poorly, and the self-fulfilling prophecy continued.
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