Did You Know?
Black elementary school students total 16%, yet make up only 9% of students in gifted and talented programs?
Did You Know?
Black high school students total 15%, yet consist of only 9% of students enrolled in an Advanced Placement (AP) class?
Did You Know?
Nearly 225,000 Black and Latin students are missing out on AP courses that would help place them on a path achieving opportunities in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related field?
Did You Know?
40% of elementary and high school students of color want to take STEM courses and attend college, yet less than 3% of them actually enroll in AP STEM classes?
Did You Know?
The underrepresentation of specifically “Black students in gifted and talented programs, . . . , has barely budged since 1993?”
These facts have been known for decades yet continue to persist as Black students in particular are locked out of these opportunities early when they are denied access to gifted and talented programs in elementary, middle and high school.
A.I.C Publications exists to provide an alternative path of STEM exposure in spite of the barriers to entry which still exist. STEM opportunities will outpace opportunities in non-STEM fields. Black households have a fraction of the wealth of White households. There are unlimited economic benefits along these STEM pathways. By using these pathways, within their lifetime Black and other students of color should be able to close the racial wealth gap.