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To: Brumar89 who wrote (404635)	8/6/2008 11:42:19 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584437

1. The "good news" is that Detroit is one of the most successful school districts in the country at successfully getting black males to stay in school and graduate from high school at a higher rate than white males (see chart above). The bad news is that the high school graduation rate for black males in Detroit is only 20% (1 out of 5), and for white males only 17% (about 1 out of 6). This is not true. They do a better job in Chicago. I have just started research on this subject. I will share what I find with the thread. Having said that, there is a much bigger problem.....it would seem that all boys whether white, black or purple are falling behind the girls in our schools. In 1970, 60% of all people going to college were boys, 40% girls. By 2000, those numbers had completely reversed. In fact, many more girls are going on to grad school than boys. Thirty years ago, there was a gap between boys and girls when it came to certain subjects: science, math and language arts. Boys did better in science and math while girls did better in language arts. Today, girls have closed the gap in science and math, and with science, now outperform the boys while increasing the gap they had in language arts. Somehow it seems we are losing the boys and I can't figure out why......that's what my paper is all about...trying to determine the reasons. This paper is an expansion of one I did a few years ago. If my premise is true, I don't believe this country should have a school system where one gender benefits at the expense of another.