http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ucla_cts_blackyouth/rss Recent eScholarship items from Black Youth Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:30:14 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/46j6j6qx There are 109,00 Black students in the county, but Black students are overrepresented among those who are underprepared for college, who are subject to punitive forms of discipline, and who are chronically absent from school. Moreover, a disproportionate number of Black students in LA County attend schools that the state has identified as “low-performing” often where critical resources (e.g. school counselors, nurses, social workers, highly qualified teachers, etc.) are in short supply. While considerable attention has been focused on efforts to reform schools and raise student achievement, far less attention and effort has been directed at addressing the out-of-school factors that influence a child’s development, or the social and economic conditions in the neighborhoods where they live. We must do both. Throughout this report, we reference the ways in which the accumulation of disadvantage across various educational, health and social indicators interact with the academic... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/46j6j6qx Mon, 6 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Noguera, Pedro Bishop, Joseph P. Howard, Tyrone C. Johnson, Stanley L., Jr. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1738h7kv This report builds upon our 2019 analysis that explored how various educational, health, and social factors impact the academic and developmental outcomes of Black students in Los Angeles. We focus on 14 school districts in Los Angeles County that have populations of 800 or more Black students. Collectively, these districts serve two out of three Black students in Los Angeles: ABC Unified School District Antelope Valley Union High School District Bellflower Unified School District Centinela Valley Union High School District Compton Unified School District Culver City Unified School District Inglewood Unified School District Long Beach Unified School District Los Angeles Unified School District Paramount Unified School District Pasadena Unified School District Pomona Unified School District Torrance Unified School District William S. Hart Union High School District We cannot ignore the profound impacts COVID-19 is having on Black students and their families. Many are experiencing... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1738h7kv Mon, 6 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Johnson, Stanley L., Jr. Bishop, Joseph P. Howard, Tyrone C. James, Angela Rivera, Edwin Noguera, Pedro https://escholarship.org/uc/item/00t7m817 This report offers a focused analysis of ‘bright spots’: public schools and community-based organizations well known for their long-standing reputations of offering quality educational services in Los Angeles. In a city where Black people constitute less than 10% of the overall population, Black students constitute 22-68% of the population served by these schools and organizations. The schools and organizations highlighted in this report are located in high-poverty communities where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the despite the challenges of racial and economic inequality, each school and organization has remarkable histories of fostering student achievement, demonstrated by test scores and graduation rates for Black students that exceed statewide averages and are substantially greater than what would be expected. Despite the pronounced structural disadvantages affecting Black students—many of which have been exacerbated by pandemic-impacted educational... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/00t7m817 Mon, 6 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Dumas, Travis Howard, Jaleel R. James, Angela Howard, Tyrone C.