Report from Colorado Public Radio: Students Of Color Make A Space For Themselves In Advanced Classes
抖阴旅行射 Boulder's Public Achievement program was in a story highlighting the work of students of color at Centaurus High School in Lafayette to make advanced classes more welcoming.
According to the report, "students from low-income backgrounds and traditionally disadvantaged minorities who are ready for higher-level courses do not enroll at the same rate as their more privileged peers. ...Half of the student body is white in Colorado, but those students are overrepresented if you look at AP class enrollment. In terms of proportion, two-thirds of AP students are Caucasian. Meanwhile, in Colorado, a third of students are Hispanic and 4.6 percent are black. But in 2015-16, just 17.9 percent of Hispanics and 3.3 percent of blacks took AP classes."
Public Achievement student participant and Centaurus High School senior, Enhis Medrano, told CPR, 鈥淚 feel that other people think it鈥檚 not common for students of color to be intelligent. I think it鈥檚 when you鈥檙e both, you don鈥檛 really fit in and other people don鈥檛 really see you that way.鈥
Enhis Medrano also shared her story of organizing for more welcoming advanced placement opportunities for smart, capable students of color like herself during the 抖阴旅行射 Boulder School of Education's Ed Talks last fall. You can watch Medrano's EdTalk below.
抖阴旅行射 Boulder Public Achievement Program Director Charla Agnoletti was also interviewed for the story. "How do we oftentimes look through cultural lenses that don鈥檛 allow us to see the brilliance and intelligence of young people of color in the same ways that we might with young white students?鈥 said Agnoletti.
To listen to the story and read the article, please visit .
Watch Enhis Medrano's recent EdTalk about her work with other Centaurus High School students to make advanced classes more welcoming.
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