1) What can students do to clos ethe achievement gap? Something students can do to close the achievement gap is do their work instead of dropping out.If students stop dropping out there would be more blacks and latinos graduating highschool. By doing the work that has been assigned to them they will pull up their grades and that will prevent them from going to summer school. Students should ahow up to class more often and be on time. Many students don't show up to class that much and that lowers a teachers expectations toward a student.
2) What can parents do to close the Achievement gap? Parents should start acting more as teachers. This means not only asking how was their day but also checking their homework and making sure it is completed. Parents should raise their children by reading to them and teaching them how to writeinstead of putting them in front of the t.v or playing all day.
3) What can teachers do to close the gap? Teachers shouldn't set low expectations on any student. A teachers expectaions should always be high from all students. When a teacher has low expectations it doesn't encourage the student to do better. It just makes them think why do the work if the teacher doesn't care. A student expects from a teacher as what a teacher expects from a student. The higher expectations the yeacher has the better grade the studunt has.