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Are We a Part of the Solution to the Plight of the
African American Male in Education?

By Phyllis C.
Murray

Yesterday evening's forum on the Plight of the African
American Male in Education: Part II, provided
Westchester residents with a stone of hope toward
removing the growing mountain of despair which plagues our
nation. Yesterday evening we witnessed a new trend: an
infusion of exemplary programs which are already in place
within Westchester High Schools which work daily, toward
ameliorating an insidious problem which left unchecked
negatively impacts society. The Woodlands Individualized
Senior Experience; Ossinings' High Hopes Expectations
College Track; Byram Hills' Intel Science Program; and
Mount Vernon High School's Business Club, are proof
positive that there are already solutions to the
heightening drop-out rate among African American Males in
Westchester public schoo...See More
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Our current textbooks have African American history and
literature woven throughout. The problem I see is some of our
black students taking education for granted.

Imagine my dismay this year to have a young black man (who
habitually comes to class red-eyed, by the way, when he shows
up at all) interrupt...See More
Apr 1, 2006


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