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The Schott Foundation's 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males

The Schott Foundation for Public Education has tracked (for over 5 years) the performance of Black males in public education systems across the nation.* Past efforts by Schott were designed to raise the nation’s consciousness about the critical education issues affecting Black males; low graduation rates, high rates of placement in special education, and the disproportionate use of suspensions and expulsions, to name a few.

The 2008 edition, Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, details the drastic range of outcomes for Black males, especially the tragic results in many of the nation’s biggest cities. Given Half a Chance also deliberately highlights the resource disparities that exist in schools attended by Black males and their White, non-Hispanic counterparts. The 2008 Schott report documents that states and most districts with large Black enrollments educate their White, non-Hispanic children, but do not similarly educate the majority of their Black male students.

These trends, and others cited in Given Half a Chance, are evidence of a school-age population that is substantively denied an opportunity to learn, and of a nation at risk.

Source: blackboysreport.org

Knowing Your Rights

Click Here for Valuable Know Your Rights Information. Read it, Print it, and Distribute it far and wide to everyone you think can benefit from this information. This information was provided by the ACLU's Website.

This booklet addresses what rights you have when you are

stopped, questioned, arrested, or searched by law enforcement

officers. This booklet is for citizens and non-citizens with extra

information for non-citizens in a separate section. Another section

covers what can happen to you at airports and other points of

entry into the United States. The last section discusses concerns

you may have related to your charitable contributions and religious

or political beliefs.

This booklet tells you about your basic rights. It is not a substitute

for legal advice. You should contact an attorney if you have been

arrested or believe that your rights have been violated.

The Nyumburu Black Male Initiative Program

“Progressive Leadership in Action”