Welcome

Welcome to The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s web-based 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males. This website is a data portal that provides parents, educators, media, policymakers, elected officials—and anyone who cares about education and equity—direct access to important, alarming data on the devastating reality of education for Black males across all 50 states.

Since 2003, the Schott Foundation for Public Education has been involved in an intense investigation into the education opportunities for Black males. In 2005/2006, less than half of all Black male students received diplomas with their cohort. The rate at which Black males are dropping out and being placed in Special Education far exceeds the rate at which they are graduating and reaching high levels of academic achievement.

We hope this information will continue to spark action from advocacy, research and philanthropic communities. More importantly, we hope it will help bring about the substantive changes needed to provide Black male students the opportunity to learn and succeed.

Real change in policies and communities is possible through combined leadership, resources, and action. Here are a few things you can do today to get involved:

• Review this report to see how your state and major city compares to others.
• Visit the Schott Education Inequity Index (SEII) to see the disparities between the quality of education provided to Black, non-Hispanic males and White, non-Hispanic males.
• Read the National Summary to get an overview of educational achievement in the U.S.
• Develop advocacy plans to identify the policies and practices which lead to the disparities impacting Black males in your state or city.

Let's work to ensure that we are able to give Black males the opportunities needed to achieve high educational outcomes and full participation in America's democratic society.

Yours in the struggle,

Dr. John H. Jackson