In order to improve the opportunities for college entrance for African-American students, it's imperative to look at the hurdles they will encounter in their quest for education. The problems begin at the grass roots level. In the home. It's time to take a careful look at family issues early on in the developmental stage of a student.
National Black Church Initiative devises plan to improve Black male graduation rates
A recent study commissioned by the America’s Promise Alliance has shown that the gap between graduation rates in urban and suburban areas is truly large and significant. The study concluded that the national graduation rate in the nation’s 50 largest cities was 53 percent, with said cities’ suburbs coming in at 71 percent.
1837 Institute for Colored Youth founded by Richard Humphreys; later became Cheyney University. 1854 Ashmun Institute, the first school of higher learning for young black men, founded by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson; later (1866) renamed Lincoln University (Pa.) after President Abraham Lincoln.
Pre-Civil War: Education of African slaves was largely discouraged in Southern states in the pre-Civil War era. This was largely because education was incompatible with the institution of slavery and would ultimately lead to its demise. In the eyes of slavemasters, if slaves were permitted to learn to read and write the English language, they could begin to think and act on their own and rebellion was inevitable.
Are Early Interventions the Key to Ending the Black Male Education Crisis?
With only eight percent of black male eighth graders enrolled in schools in urban areas scoring "proficient" on reading tests, and only 10 percent scoring "proficient" in math, intervention programs usually focus on boosting black male middle and high school results and improving high school graduation rates.
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