by Stanford Report | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
A new study led by Thomas S. Dee, a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE), provides the first evidence that access to the program significantly reduced the number of black males who dropped out of high school. The study found smaller reductions in...
by Jean Lotus - UPI | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
July 27 (UPI) — Lawmakers in the U.S. House on Monday overwhelmingly passed legislation to create a new commission to study the societal struggles of Black men and boys in the United States. The new Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act would authorize a...
by Tina Fletcher | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
For Black students in America, having a same-race social studies teacher is extremely rare. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), social studies teachers make up just 7% of the entire teacher workforce. And of all social studies teachers,...
by Sharon Cornelissen and Alexander Hermann | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black and Hispanic households have been more likely to lose income and experience difficulty making rent or mortgage payments, according to our analysis of data from the Census Bureau’s new weekly Household Pulse Survey (HPS). Our...
by Blackboysincrisis.com | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
Jun 24, 2020 – These police brutality bonds quite literally allow banks and wealthy investors to profit from police violence. This is a transfer of wealth from communities–especially over-policed communities of color–to Wall Street and wealthy investors, and it...
by Blackboysincrisis.com | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
Since 2008, blackboysincrisis.com has served as the world’s premiere website for information and solution-oriented strategies on the plight of young Black males in America. It is an online educational resource for activists, teachers, parents, policy-makers, students,...