By Chad Aldeman Article Submission Graduation rates aren’t a very good measure on which to hold high schools accountable.
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Study: Black Male High-School Dropouts Have High Prison Risk
Research shows 70% have a chance of going to prison By Courtney Connley Article Submission A new study from the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project shows alarming statistics about the prison risk that African American men who do not
Read more4 tips to help attract job recruiters on Linkedin
BTN STAFF Trying to stand out through job recruiting sites can be a difficult task. In order to help the situation, Brittani Hunter of xonecole.com came up with four tips to help you stand out
Read moreStop blaming black parents for underachieving kids
Improving black students’ learning doesn’t “start at home.” By Andre M. Perry Article Submission Mayors, teachers unions, and news commentators have boiled down the academic achievement gap between white and black students to one root
Read moreGone Too Soon: Black Males and Suicide
by Dr. Bill Johnson II Article Submission At age 16, despite being given no trial, Kalief Browder was imprisoned at Rikers Island, where he would spend the next three years of his life unjustly incarcerated.
Read moreWilliams: Improving black education is a complicated process
By Walter Williams Article Submission Last summer’s Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black. Some might conclude such a statistic
Read moreWhy are there fewer black teachers in CPS?
By: Natalie Moore Article Submission A few weeks before the school year ends, Taree Porter leads word drills with her second graders and reads a Judy Blume classic amid the din of giggles.
Read more4 Troubling Truths About Black Boys and the U.S. Educational System
By Matthew Lynch Article Submission Most people like to think that American K-12 schools, workplaces and courthouses are pillars of fairness, but statistic after statistic all point to a crisis among the young, Black men
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