Success Sequence: Ohio bill mandates anti-poverty curriculum despite racial disparity

COLUMBUS, Ohio -The legislature is considering mandating an anti-poverty theory in public schools that research says may be less successful for Black people than whites.

The Success Sequence states that people are less likely to be poor as adults if they do the following: Graduate high school, work full-time and wait until marriage to have children. In the General Assembly, Senate Bill 156 would require public schools to teach the success sequence.

The bill passed the Senate last week and will head to the House.

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But poorer quality schools and unequal treatment in the criminal justice system are among the reasons Blacks who follow the “Success Sequence” may live in poverty 2015