Here's the data: In one study, 87
percent of black boys who graduated high school got no post-high school training.
Put another way: 87
percent of black boys who graduated high school in Harrington's study got no post-high school training of any kind.
Not exact matches
Among
boys, only 39
percent of black students graduated by age 19, compared with 51
percent of Latino students and 58
percent of white students.
For very low - income
black boys, the results are even greater — their chance
of dropping out fell 39
percent.
Federal data show that
black boys, who constitute 18
percent of preschool enrollment, now represent 48
percent of all preschoolers suspended more than once.
Black children make up 60 percent of our school's population (and black boys account for nearly half that num
Black children make up 60
percent of our school's population (and
black boys account for nearly half that num
black boys account for nearly half that number).
Black boys represented 19
percent of preschool
boys and 45
percent of male preschoolers receiving one or more out -
of - school suspensions.
For very low - income
black boys, their chance
of dropping out fell nearly 40
percent.
This spring, six years after the charter's first class graduated, 20
percent of their former students, all
black boys, are projected to get a college degree.
The data show that
black children are 2.2 times more likely to be suspended or expelled than other children, and while
boys represent 51
percent of the preschool population, they receive 82
percent of the suspensions and expulsions.