Study: Graduation Rates for Black Males in the U.S.A. is only 47 Percent

Schott Foundation for Public Education report says graduation rate in the U.S. for black males is 47 percent.

It is a sad commentary that the state of education in the United States is deteriorating for many. According to a recent report released by Schott Foundation for Public Education, the graduation rate for black males in the United States is only 47 percent.  Here's an excerpt from an article I wrote for Brainstorm USA, LLC reiterating some of the key points from the Schott report:

The Schott Foundation for Public Education released the results of a study, “Yes We Can: The 2010 Schott 50 State Report on Black Males in Public Education,” and the results are alarming. The study reveals that the overall 2007/8 graduation rate for Black males in the U.S. was only 47 percent. It gets worse. About half of the states have graduation rates for Black male students below the national average. The report also highlights concerns that New York state’s graduation rate for its Regents diploma is only 25 percent for Black male students. The results are also alarming for New York City, which is comprised of the nation’s highest enrollment of Black students. Only 28 percent of New York City’s Black male students graduate with Regents diplomas on time. Each year approximately 100,000 Black male students in New York City alone do not graduate from high school with their entering cohort. Not only are we in an economic crisis. We are in the throes of an education crisis in the United States that cannot be ignored.

The fourth biennial report released by the Schott Foundation for Public Education provides an in-depth state-by-state analysis and data that illustrate which U.S. school districts and states are failing to provide the resources Black male students, and all students, need for the opportunity to learn.

Further, parents have to make a concerted effort to play a bigger role in their children’s education, particularly the at-risk students. The schools in the inner-cities across the U.S.A. have already failed the students by not being up to par with schools in the suburbs. To echo the lyrics of a famous song, “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” If some school districts are failing black and Latino students, how can we expect them to be productive members of society in adulthood?

To read the entire Schott Foundation report, CLICK HERE.