This research paper focuses on the education of young African American Males and there lack of an early education. “Children of color and poor children are disproportionally denied the opportunity for a strong start because they are poverty-stricken”. (CDF) There parents can’t afford high quality child care, so they lack physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Yet, African American males suffer more when it comes to the educational opportunities. The State of America’s Children 2014 Report says, “One in three Black students did not graduate from high school in the four years that they attended.” (CDF). Their challenges inspired me to do research. They encounter sociocultural and economics factors; however, their main challenge
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As a result African American males face suspension or enter the special education programs at a higher rate than other students and are more likely to drop out of school and end up in the criminal justice system. “More than 1 in 8 students with disabilities were suspended, compared to 1 in 14 students without disabilities”.(CDF) Suspension and special education programs are another reason many African American males don’t succeed in the education system. Christopher Edmin expresses, “Black males have developed a variety of ways to respond to this confusion about how they should act in school”. (Edmin, 2012) These males lack understanding or reading readiness which cause them to become aggressive, disruptive, disrespectful, and eventually they give up. “Nearly 60 percent of all fourth and eighth grade public school students could not read or compute at grade level in 2013.” (CDF) This is a major problem instead of pushing these males to succeed, we push them out of the classroom to suffer the real world. African American males are stereotyped before they can even understand what is being taught, because they learn
As a result African American males face suspension or enter the special education programs at a higher rate than other students and are more likely to drop out of school and end up in the criminal justice system. “More than 1 in 8 students with disabilities were suspended, compared to 1 in 14 students without disabilities”.(CDF) Suspension and special education programs are another reason many African American males don’t succeed in the education system. Christopher Edmin expresses, “Black males have developed a variety of ways to respond to this confusion about how they should act in school”. (Edmin, 2012) These males lack understanding or reading readiness which cause them to become aggressive, disruptive, disrespectful, and eventually they give up. “Nearly 60 percent of all fourth and eighth grade public school students could not read or compute at grade level in 2013.” (CDF) This is a major problem instead of pushing these males to succeed, we push them out of the classroom to suffer the real world. African American males are stereotyped before they can even understand what is being taught, because they learn