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Black Males Will Need 50 Years To Catch Up To White Graduation Rate

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 09.19.2012 | Home
Read More: Children With Disabilities, Black Teens, High School Graduation, Graduation Rates, Black Students, Minority Students, High School Graduation Rate, School Suspensions, Black Male Graduation Rates, White Male Graduation Rates, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Latino Students, Video, Home News

WASHINGTON -- More than half the young black men who graduated high school in 2010 earned their diploma in four years, an improved graduation rate tha...

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Education News: Themes from the week of August 15, 2010 - College readiness, teacher effectiveness and community development

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Digital Learning Council, Paul Tough, Promise Neighborhoods, Harlem Children's Zone, High School Graduation, Geoffrey Canada, High School Dropouts, Schott-Foundation-for-Public-Education, Education, Teacher Effectiveness, College Readiness, Schools, Politics News
Susan Sawyers

A round-up of the week's education stories brought to you by The Hechinger Report....

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Scapegoating Teachers Will Not Help Young Black Males Succeed

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Public Schools, Education, Civil Rights Groups, Young-Black-Males, Young Black Males, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Teachers, Black Males, Politics News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

Only when parents, administrators, teachers, and the community come together to find solutions can we truly address all the factors in making a child a success.

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Only 47 Percent Of Black Male Students Graduate High School Nationwide, Study Shows

GOOD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Public Schools, Education, Education Reform, Schott-Foundation-for-Public-Education, Black Male Dropout Rates, Black Male Graduation Rates, High School Dropouts, Dropout Rates, Impact News

A 50-state report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education has come to a dispiriting conclusion: public education is failing black male student...

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Obama's Education Reforms Criticized By Civil Rights Groups

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Obama No Child Left Behind, Arne Duncan, President Obama, Inside Higher Ed, Washington Post, Schott Foundation for Public Education, Public Education, Naacp, National Urban League, Obama Education Agenda, Obama Education Reforms, College News

President Barack Obama recently laid out a series of education reforms -- and many aren't happy about them. According to the Washington Post, a coalit...

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