New Schott study offers sobering numbers on the education of black males in the U.S.

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Here's one item from the press release: "Overall, each year over 100,000 Black male students in New York City alone do not graduate from high school with their entering cohort. These statistics—and the other alarming data—point to a national education and economic crisis. "

The good news—and there isn't much—is that New Jersey, under the the Abbott plan, is "now the only state with a significant Black population with a greater than 65 percent high school graduation rate for Black male students," according to the report.

Read more here: http://www.blackboysreport.org/

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