Michigan has the nation’s lowest graduation rate for black male students, while Detroit has the second-lowest rate for big-city school districts, according to a report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education. Other findings:
- The state of New York has 3 of the 10 districts (NYC, Rochester and Buffalo) with the lowest graduation rates for Black males.
- Indianapolis ranks dead last, graduating only 19% of its black male students.
- The one million black male students enrolled in the New York, Florida, and Georgia public schools are twice as likely not to graduate with their class.
- Illinois and Wisconsin have nearly 40-point gaps between “how effectively they educate their Black and White non-Hispanic male students.”
While Detroit graduates a mere 20% of its black male students, that’s actually higher than the 17% of white male students who graduate.
This time last year, the Indiannopolis newspaper reported that students at risk of not passing the graduation exam were facing increased school time requirements. The at-risk students were staying away in droves and their principals were huffing and puffing.
Does anyone know how that turned out?