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"Minority male students continue to face overwhelming barriers in educational attainment," notes a report released this week by the College Board. The report highlights some of the undeniable challenges among minority students, including a lack of role models, search for respect outside of education, loss of cultural memory, poverty challenges, language barriers, community pressures, and a sense of a failing education system.
In The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color, the College Board gathered the insights and firsthand experiences of more than 60 scholars, practitioners, and activists from the African American, Latino, Asian-American/Pacific Islanders, and Native American communities. The 42-page report gives a detailed portrait of lagging educational attainment by African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, Pacific Islander, and Native American males in comparison with other groups and minority women. (Among Asian-Americans, the data trends were disaggregated to show the most vulnerable population are males of Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander descent, in comparison with those of Northeast Asian descent.)
At the study's unveiling, Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, said it describes "young men who are so far removed from our opportunity culture that they almost have no hope of contributing to our social and our economic growth. As a result, they live in despair, hopelessness, and too often violence and incarceration."
The powerful video, Expect Male Involvement: Recruiting & Retaining Men in Early Childhood Education, explores the positive benefits of having men in your Early Childhood Education program. Watch it to learn why men choose Early Childhood Education as a career, best practices for recruitment and retention, and the significance of men in young children's lives.
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