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Closing the Opportunity Gap for Black Boys
There is an expected reworking of the No Child Left Behind Act as well as a significant additional funding for the Education Department to develop policies and programs for Black boys, in particular, of succeeding. Recommendations were offered about how to address the black male gap and ensure increased academic success for this population.
Reworking Bush's No Child Left Behind
Our question: Access for Whom? Who is being left out of the access discussion? Who needs to be “at the table” in order to maximize who we consider when developing solutions and partnerships to address full participation?
WASHINGTON – The expected reworking of the No Child Left Behind Act along with a significant infusion of funding for the Education Department present an opportunity to develop policies and programs to ensure Black boys, in particular, have a better chance of succeeding, educators said at a conference Friday on Capitol Hill.
The forum, “Breaking Barriers: The Obama Administration, the 111th Congress & the Future of School-age Black Males,” co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc., sought to follow up on a report on Black males that it released last year.
