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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 7, 2012
A new report busts myths about African-American men and education.
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by LaShaun Williams onDecember 30, 2011
As black women continue to outpace black men academically, professionally and economically, Madame Noire blogger LaShaun Williams asks if single mothers are failing their boys.
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by Robert E. Pierre onDecember 29, 2011
The Root DC editor Robert E. Pierre writes that educators have to mete out fairer punishments after a study reveals that expulsion rates of black children were three times those of white children.
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by A. Scott Walton onNovember 20, 2010
The education achievement gap between black and white boys can be blamed on many things, but the trouble starts at home.
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by John McWhorter onNovember 15, 2010
So why do we keep reading stories about black boys falling further behind in school? It's time to stop talking and just teach.
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