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Breaking Barriers: Plotting the Path to Academic Success for School-Age African-American Males

Date:
2008
Source:
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Author:
Ivory A. Toldson

This report explores factors that improve educational outcomes for African-American males by analyzing academic success indicators from four national surveys.

The factors explored include personal/emotional, family, social/environmental, and school. Relationships between academic achievement and external factors are the cornerstone of the findings.

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which produced the report, is a grantee of the Open Society Institute.

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