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A Bleak Picture For Young Black Male Students : NPR

A Bleak Picture For Young Black Male Students : NPR

A Bleak Picture For Young Black Male Students

A report from the Massachusetts-based Schott Foundation paints a bleak picture of how young black men fare in school: fewer than half graduate from high school. And in some states, like New York, the graduation rate is as low as one in four. The foundation's John Jackson and David Schiarra of the Education Law Center discuss what's needed to improve educational attainment among African American children.