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7/25/08 50 Years Past Brown Decision, More than Half of Black Male Students Nationwide Fail to Graduate on Time, Schott Study Finds
7/23/08 Given Half A Chance: Black Males in Public Schools are Driven to Drop Out

The Schott 50 State Report in the News

3/30/09 Associated Press: Under a third of men at black colleges earn degree in 6 years
12/17/08 Jacksonville Times-Union: Project to focus on black male education
11/2/08 Augusta Chronicle: Report ranks local schools among worst
9/16/08 Channel 3000: Editorial: Wisconsin Is Failing Black Children
9/16/08 Charleston Daily Mail: Graduating Defeats Despair
9/3/08 Community Times Dispatch: An invitation to discuss the current state of education
9/3/08 Daily Press: The foreign kids ours will compete with are busy cramming
8/28/08 Star-Telegram: Black males face wide disparities in education, report says
8/26/08 Saginaw News: Graduation rate worse
8/20/08 Chicago Tribune: Helping Boys Minus Any Harm to Girls
8/13/08 NY Times City Room: Schools
8/13/08 Roanoke Times: Look at Roanoke for school accreditation policy
8/12/08 Village Voice: NYC's Black Male Graduation Rates: The Lost Two-Thirds
8/10/08 Indy Star: Faith community rises to dropout challenge
8/10/08 Montgomery Advertiser: Study shows students left behind
8/10/08 The Chronicle Review: The Race Gap
8/9/08 Contra Costa Times: Report offers disturbing data on education
8/6/08 Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Black males still far behind whites in high-school graduation
8/6/08 Michigan Chronicle: Black males flunking out because we are failing them
8/6/08 Oakland Tribune: Report offers disturbing data on education
8/6/08 NC Policy Watch: The Culmination of Failure
8/6/08 Excellent Education for Everyone: Black Boys Still Lag in Graduation, Report Says
8/5/08 The American Spectator: Trade School
8/5/08 Education Week: Schott Foundation to Step Up Advocacy for Black Males
8/4/08 Atlanta Journal-Constitution: SCHOOL CHOICE: Status quo hurts black youths
8/3/08 Indy Star: Retiring boomers leave gap in manufacturing jobs
8/3/08 Tampa Tribune: Dropouts Fail Themselves, The Nation
8/2/08 Joanne Jacobs: Black disaster
8/1/08 Contra Costa Times: Study: Gap persists in graduation rates of black and white males
8/1/08 Orlando Sentinel: Urban League national conference in Orlando focuses on change within communities
8/1/08 The Journal-Gazette: Editorial: The grad rate game
7/31/08 Indianapolis Recorder: Embracing diversity of students
7/30/08 Fort Bend Now: Report Slams Schools For Low Black Male Graduation Rates - Except At Fort Bend
7/28/08 Palladium-Item: Legislature should look at grad rate
7/28/08 Courier-Journal: Indianapolis grad rate assailed
7/28/08 AP: Michigan is the worst in graduating black males
7/26/08 Indianapolis Star: Editorial: Dropouts drag down city; let's turn anger into action
7/26/08 The Detroit News: DPS grad rates low for black males
7/25/08 New York Post: NY Woe on Minority Grad Rates
7/25/08 Chicago Tribune: Illinois ranks 43rd for number of black male students graduating from high school, report finds
7/25/08 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Fresh attention to the achievement gap
7/25/08 The Chronicle of Higher Education: Report Ranks States by How Well Black Males Fare in Their High Schools
7/25/08 ABC 7 Chicago: Report: black males in CPS half as likely to graduate as whites [with video]
7/25/08 The Detroit News: Report: Michigan is worst in nation in graduating black males
7/25/08 Indianapolis Star: New report hits IPS graduation rates