The Goal: SAAB is pleased to share a powerful video of Booker T. Washington High grad Deonte Bridges' Valedictorian speech
 

Study shows fatherless boys more prone to delinquency:
A study carried out by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne has found that adolescent boys who have a father figure in their lives are significantly less likely to engage in subsequent delinquent behavior than are their peers with no father in their lives. Read full article . . .

Projects of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018. From the Georgetown University Center on Education and The Workforce: The United States is unable to help people match their edu­cational preparation with their career ambitions—not because it cannot be done but because it simply is not being done. All the information required to align postsecondary educational choices with careers is available, but unused. The forecast in this report demonstrates that projecting education and job requirements is technically feasible with a minimum amount of error. Read full report . . .

Closing the Academic Achievement Gap for African-American Boys: Education Week offered a Webinar presented by Oscar Barbarin, Ph.D. at the Center for Children, Families and Schools - Dept. of Psychology at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. The topic addressed Pre K through Kindergarten age and "Promoting Socio-Emotional Competence in African-American Boys." Excellent research done on the dilemma of African-American Boys. View the PowerPoint slide presentation that also contains information to allow viewing of the webinar.

Black Males Hit Extra Hard By Unemployment ~ The country's spiraling unemployment rate is taking a particular toll on men as the recession continues to roil male-dominated industries, such as manufacturing and construction. This "he-cession," as it's sometimes called, has hit African-American men especially hard, increasing their unemployment rate to more than 17 percent last month.

One of those unemployed black men searching for work is Randolph Smith. When Smith, 53, is working, he manages logistics, inventory and supplies for large companies. He's been trying to find that type of work since he was laid off a year ago — but so far, he's had no success. Read full article . . .

Study: Young Black & Hispanic men likely to end up jobless, imprisoned or dead ~ Fifty-one percent of Hispanic male high school graduates ages 15-24 and 45 percent of African-American males in that category will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead, according to a study issued this week by the College Board’s Advocacy & Policy Center. Read more . . .

New College Board Research on Young Men of Color Stirs Demand for Action ~ While a panel discussion held by The College Board on Capitol Hill this week was meant to highlight a new report on the lagging rates of educational attainment among non-White men, some of the panelists questioned the need for more research on the subject. Read full article . . .

Male Students of Color From Different Backgrounds Face Similar Hurdles - "They come from different cultural backgrounds, but male students of color, of any race, often face the same challenges in college. " That's what the authors of a College Board report released on Monday, "The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color," concluded from interviews with and data collected from 92 male college and high-school students across the country. Read full article . . .

Reports: More Black, Latino Men Must Get Degrees ~ Black and Latino men continue to lag behind white and Asian men when it comes to educational attainment, according to reports released Monday by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center  and Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois  Institute for African and African-American Research. Read full article . . .

Boys of color front and center in Philly educators gathering ~

When a gathering of leaders opens with them spending a day with 30 incarcerated teen boys, you know it’s not going to be just another conference. Last week, while much of the world focused on William and Kate, 300 education leaders gathered in the City of Brotherly Love to seek knowledge, share experiences, and collaborate on how to change educational outcomes for males of color.  The Knight-funded 5th Annual Gathering of Leaders, hosted by the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC), is designed for leaders to connect, share and learn.

Education: 5 Things College Students do to Ruin their Lives - As a college professor for the past 16 years, I've noticed two things about college: It can be a place to make your dreams come true, and it can also be a breeding ground for your worst nightmares. So, I thought I would compile a list of things that I've seen college students do to ruin their lives over the years. Hopefully, you and your child can learn from what I am about to share. A reprinted article by Boyce Watkins, PhD, published on Aug 14th 2009.

The Odds Are Against Them: The Black Male Education Debacle - Eighth-graders Ishmere McKinney and Malcolm Tariq are among hundreds of young black males who crowd the hallways on their way to class at Savannah's DeRenne Middle School. Ishmere, a husky 14-year-old who was held back last year, files into a noisy, basic-level social studies class where all the students are black. Malcolm, a bespectacled 13-year-old with good grades, peels away from the pack for an accelerated French class, where most everyone is white. They are very different students, but Ishmere and Malcolm do have two things in common. They both dream of getting a college degree. And, odds are, they won't make it. Read full article . . .

Head Count - Redefining Admissions ‘Success’ for Black Males (from The Chronicle of Higher Education) Hunt Valley, Md. - Forget “access” and “admission.” High school counselors and admissions officers should think in terms of “completion” and “attainment” when dealing with students, especially black males and other underrepresented students. Read full article . . .

Report on Black Male Achievement in America Reveals 'A National Catastrophe.' Urban School Group Calls for White House Initiative. Young black males in America are in a state of crisis. So says a new report by the Council of the Great City Schools that presents stark data on the differences between black and white academic and social achievement from the cradle to adulthood, describing "comprehensive challenges" facing African American males nationwide and in the major cities. Read more . . .

Report Offers Dismal Stats on Black Boys: A report released this week on academic performance offered disturbing news for black males: Regardless of socio-economic status, black males tend to perform more poorly than whites. Among the most disheartening news in the study released Tuesday by the Council of the Great City Schools was that black males who are not poor do no better than poor white males or white males with a disability.

The study analyzed data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress study of black male academic performance, looking at major cities particularly because that is where nearly 30 percent of all black males in the U.S. are educated, according to the report.

A Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools. The nation’s young Black males do not have the same opportunities as their male or female counterparts across the country.

Blacks lag in college readiness, ACT scores show. Over the next few weeks, thousands of African-Americans in Michigan will start their college careers. A vast majority of these students are at risk of failing at least one class this fall or needing remedial courses before they are capable of college-level work, according to an ACT study on college readiness released this month.

New Report “Yes We Can” Shows America’s Public Schools Fail Over Half the Nation’s Black Male Students. The Schott Foundation Releases Fourth State-by-State Data Set Showing an Overwhelming Majority of U.S. School Districts and States Are Failing to Provide the Resources Black Males Need to Close the National Racial Graduation Gap. Read the full Schott 50 State Report.    Visit the Media Gallery – Black Boys Report

Last Updated 04/28/2012

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