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  • FACT #1 - The average black or latino 12th grader reads at the same level as the average white 8th grader
  • FACT #2 - 58% of black 4th graders are functionally illiterate.
  • FACT #3 - The achievement gap between low-income students & their higher-income peers costs the U.S. about $500 billion/year.
  • FACT #4 - About 50% of students in low-income communities will not graduate from high school by the time they are 18.
  • FACT #5 - 1 in every 8 black males between the ages of 25 to 29 is incarcerated.
Globale Achievement Gap Video GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP Susan Taylor, Eva Moskowitz, Paul Tough, Joel Klein, Dacia Toll, and Cory Booker. College Man Video COLLEGE MAN Harlem Success Academy 2 Principal Jim Manly and HSA scholars sing a song. No Excuses Video NO EXCUSES Joel Klein, NYC Chancellor; Former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum; Paul Tough, reporter; Meredith Gotlin, principal; Eva Moskowitz, school founder; Jim Manly, principal; Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark; Jessica Reid, teacher; Amy Althoff, teacher; Candice Fryer, teacher. Public Schools Video PUBLIC SCHOOLS New Yorkers talk about their public school experience. Teachers Pay Achievement Gap Video ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND TEACHERS New Yorkers talk about teachers, teacher pay, and the achievement gap. Pointing Fingers Video POINTING FINGERS New Yorkers talk about who is to blame for the public education crisis. Cory Booker Video CORY BOOKER (Mayor, Newark NJ) explains how we can all help fix the education crisis. Dacia Toll Video DACIA TOLL (Founder: Achievement First) discusses eliminating poverty by improving education. Eva Moskowitz Video EVA MOSKOWITZ (Founder: Harlem Success Academy) on how all kids can succeed academically if schools are designed around teaching and learning. Geoffrey Canada Video GEOFFREY CANADA (President & CEO, Harlem Children's Zone) on the need to force our politicians to make education their number one priority. Susan Taylor Video SUSAN TAYLOR (Founder, National CARES Mentoring; Editor in Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine) on failing schools being the path to prison.
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