Native American, Black and Latino children are 124%, 86% and 43% respectively more likely than their white peers to be educated in classrooms near hazardous sites, according to a newly-released Brown University report.
“It’s important to remember that students are in school for over 1,230 hours on average [annually], but that just counts the time that they’re in class and eating lunch,” said Matthew Kraft, professor of education and economics at Brown and one of the lead authors of the report. “We know that kids often go to school early or stay late for before school and after care programs.”