Faith, Stable Homes Close Black-White Achievement Gap

Christian Post: Faith, Stable Homes Close Black-White Achievement Gap

Religious faith and the presence of both biological parents in the home enable ethnic minority youth to achieve the same level of academic success as that of white students, a new study found.

Analysis of the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) led William Jeynes, professor of education at California State University, Long Beach, to find no disparity in academic performance between highly religious African American and Latino students from "intact" families and white students.

"The conviction held by some that the achievement gap is virtually immovable is inaccurate and misguided," said Jeynes in a released statement….