Shifting the numbers: Men of color and education
by Samuel Reed III on Jan 27 2011
The statistics paint a bleak picture. In Philadelphia public schools, 51 percent of Latino and 46 percent of African American males do not graduate. The School Reform Commission'sAfrican American and Latino Male Task Forcecommissioned a study to understand what factors contribute to the low achievement and dropout problems for young men of color.
The provocative panel Shifting the Numbers: Men of Color and Education, sponsored by Makuu Black Cultural Center and Teach for America, was not