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THEMES IN THE NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 8-12, 2010BY UCLA IDEA | HTTP://BIT.LY/A0DJON
11-12-2010 - A report released this week brings new, but not surprising data to a grim condition of American education and society. Using national assessment data, the Council of Great City Schools reported that 12 percent of African-American male fourth-graders tested proficient in reading, whereas 38 percent of white fourth-graders did.
African-American boys drop out twice as much as white students; their SAT scores lag and they represent 5 percent of college students (New York Times, NPR).
“At almost every juncture, the odds are stacked against these young men in ways that result in too much unfulfilled potential and too many fractured lives,” said Michael Casserly, council’s executive director. “It’s not just an education issue, it is not just an
