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Category Archives: School to Prison Pipeline
Increasing Graduation Rates
The average national graduation rate has risen to 80% from 78%, which was the highest it had been since 1974! However, the goal of this president is to have that increased to 90% by 2020. This is a distinct challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement Gap, Diversity, Emerging Minority Leadership, Grad Nation Summit, Graduation Rates, Legislative Hearings, National Family Literacy Month, PTA, School to Prison Pipeline
Tagged Alma Powell, America's Promise Alliance, Center for Public Education, Civic Marshall Plan, compulsory age, Emerging Minority Leadership, Grad Nation Summit, National Dropout Prevention, National Family Literacy Month
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School-to-Prison Pipeline
Road of Discipline As a parent and a parent/community leader, I have a dire concern about the prevailing school-to-prison pipeline that has many pipes through which it works. “According to the U.S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Responsiveness, Diversity, Family Engagement, Graduation Rates, Parent Engagement, Prison Industry, School to Prison Pipeline
Tagged America's Promise Alliance, Arne Duncan, Civic Marshall Plan, Cultural Responsiveness, Education Week, Grad Nation Summit, graduation rates, incarceration, Martin Luther King, School-to-prison pipeline, Southern Poverty Law Center, United States, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C.
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