Community Checkup

Following on the theme of my last post on models of educational success… A couple of years ago, PBS produced a great program, “Making Schools Work” where they highlighted effective educational approaches such as Success for All, Comer School Development Program (SDP), and Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). There is extensive research on [...]

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Think the educational system for low-income ethnic minority children is hopeless? Then check out some of the research on 90-90-90 schools. This work shows that schools successfully educating such students do exist and the data points to some of the contributing factors. 90-90-90 schools are schools identified with the following characteristics:
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Many of us have heard commentary about how black-on-black violence/murder is crippling the black community and how it represents a form of self-hatred. But how much evidence is there to support this belief? I went to the August 2007 special report, Black Victims of Violent Crime, produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics [...]

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Recently, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) published its report Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities. There is some good news and bad news here. Some good news: Blacks and Latinos are increasing in terms of numbers going to college and numbers taking AP classes is increasing. [...]

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For the first time, U.S. News and World Report provided a separate ranking of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) with the top 5 being Spelman, Howard, Hampton, Morehouse, and Fisk (in that order). The ranking was not surprising to me (although I did expect Morehouse to be higher) but what was shocking to [...]

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Jank Morton’s response to my op-ed in the Baltimore Sun:

I reviewed your article, and I am at a point of concern as it relates to the symbiosis of the Justice Policy Institute and “Journalists” who continue to source this organization for this flawed comparison. I believe this point needs absolute clarification, and while you imply [...]

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My Baltimore Sun Op-ed…
baltimoresun.com
Are more black men really in jail than in college?
By Michael Strambler
October 11, 2007
Are more black men behind bars than in college? The answer lies in who is doing the counting - and how.
A controversy is brewing about the veracity of this often-stated belief - one that is likely to be amplified [...]

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