Um yeah…
Reports Bossip:
More than half the young black men who graduated high school in 2010 earned their diploma in four years, an improved graduation rate that still lagged behind that of their white counterparts, according to an education group’s report released Wednesday.
The Schott Foundation for Public Education, which has tracked graduation rates of black males from public schools since 2004, said 52 percent of black males who entered ninth grade in the 2006-07 school year graduated in four years. That compared with 78 percent of white, non-Latino males and 58 percent of Latino males.
The foundation releases its report every two years. In 2008, the black male graduation rate was 47 percent.
Only 47%…that is a terrifying number
The progress among blacks closed the racial divide on graduation rates by 3 percentage points over nine years to a 26 percentage-point gap.
“At this rate it would take nearly 50 years for black males to graduate at the same rate as white males,” said John H. Jackson, president and CEO of the foundation. “I don’t think the country can wait. I don’t think any parent or student can wait for half a century to have the same opportunities, education, jobs as their white male counterparts.”
The foundation said improving the graduation rates of black and Latino students has become more urgent now that the majority of babies born in the U.S. are minorities.
“These outcomes are not evidence of flaws of young men, but evidence of willful neglect by federal, state, local elected policymakers and leaders,” said Jackson, who is participating in this week’s Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference, which includes education access on its agenda.
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This is EbenGregory.com…telling you I agree with Bill.
So the graduation rate went up…that’s something to be celebrated. Also, to say “fall below” in the name of your article it would seem as though rates were equal and then fell but your statistics show that black men have been behind for MANY YEARS. Perhaps we’re in the midst of a renaissance of black education and growth. Meanwhile your story is the same old chicken little the sky is falling nonsense. Do better.
I agree, infact statistics show the black males’ graduation rate is increasing, with in the last 10 years, faster then any other race or gender. This articular is complying with the stove not warming up fast enough complex, hidden racism, it’s the new white supremacy, they have to do it subtle because last thing they want us to do is give us a reason to come together again
Should be tagged under “We gotta do better”
man these percentages is a cop out blacks only make up of 12% of the population so of course the percentage is gon be high as hell. if there were only 2 people in a town and they both went to school and 1 didnt graduate then what would be the graduation rate then…GTFOH!!!
What would the graduation rate be? Higher.
Obama voters
niggas stay losing