More than 80 percent of minority children are concentrated in 14 districts.
At my local library, I see many minority children reading and studying because they probably have no other place to do such things.
Their study followed 204 white families who adopted minority children over a period of 20 years.
Last year, for instance, 81.6 percent of the elementary students who failed were minority children.
Some black parents and teachers say the school district could do more to reach out to minority children, particularly those from poor families.
Since 1980, the number of such minority children in Pennsylvania has jumped from 10,000 to about 32,000.
There's factual reason to look especially to urban minority children.
The classes were small, as was the number of ethnic minority children.
It will be another case of a minority child being pushed through school to failure as an adult.
A report said the dropout rate for minority children continued to rise.