Does the
public schools have the resources to stop disruptive students from
destabilizing an entire classroom?
Does the
public schools have the resources to help students who do not turn in their
homework?
If so
why can't so many African American boys read at grade level?
Why do
so many African American males drop out of high school?
There are
daily street crimes that are committed by African American men who probably read
and wrote below grade level when they were in grammar school.
“It is easier to build strong children than to
repair broken men”
Frederick Douglass
Marc Sims
Chicago
PS
From The Black Star Project:
Reading Levels of 8th-Grade
Black Males from the Lowest-Performing
Large American School Districts*
City\Percentage of 8th-Grade Black Males Proficient in Reading*
Milwaukee - 3%
Cleveland - 3%
Detroit - 5%
Washington (D.C.) - 6%
San Diego - 7%
Dallas - 7%
Baltimore City - 7%
Chicago - 9%
Jefferson County, (KY) - 9%
Atlanta - 9%
Los Angeles - 9%
Philadelphia - 9%
Austin - 9%
Houston - 9%
Hillsborough County (FL) - 9%
Cleveland - 3%
Detroit - 5%
Washington (D.C.) - 6%
San Diego - 7%
Dallas - 7%
Baltimore City - 7%
Chicago - 9%
Jefferson County, (KY) - 9%
Atlanta - 9%
Los Angeles - 9%
Philadelphia - 9%
Austin - 9%
Houston - 9%
Hillsborough County (FL) - 9%
Boston - 10%
Miami-Dade - 11%
Charlotte - 12%
New York City - 13%
* Source: Minority Students and Public Education by
Dr. Michael Holzman. This information was extracted from the U.S.
Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) for 2011.