Monday, June 1, 2015

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Will You Invest in Teaching Black Boys to Read?
In 2014, The Black Star Project received very little government or foundation funding for our programs to improve the lives of Black men and boys. But that did not stop us from being one of the leading organizations in the country working to nurture, save, educate and empower Black males.
Our programs over the past few years include the Million Father March, Daddy Daughter Dances, MLK Mentor Day for Young Black Men, Black Male Reading Academies, Math Boot Camps for Young Black Men, Mass Black Male High School Graduation Ceremony, College Fairs for Young Black Men, Take A Young Black Male To Worship and our Young Black Men of Honor Mentor Program.
Please become part of the solution to improve the lives of young Black males by investing in the work of The Black Star Project.
Just click the orange DONATE NOW button (or CLICK HERE) to make a positive difference in the lives of Black children, and children of all ethnicities that we serve.
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3509 South King Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60653
In America, Only 10% of Eighth Grade Black Boys Read Proficiently
How did we, Black people, allow this to occur on our watch? And what will we do about it?
  • If Black boys cannot read, they won't do well in school.
  • If Black boys don't do well in school, they will turn to the streets.
  • If Black boys turn to the streets, they will become involved with gangs, guns, drugs and violence.
  • If Black boys become involved with gangs, guns, drugs and violence, your community will turn into a war zone.
  • If your community turns into a war zone, good Black people will flee the community.
  • If good Black people flee, your community will become an economic wasteland.
  • If your community becomes a war zone, you will be afraid to leave your house and you will fear for the lives of your children and loved ones.
  • If good Black people flee your community, you will not have positive Black male role models in your community for your boys to emulate.
  • If Black boys cannot read, they will not be able to become good fathers and husbands.
  • If Black boys cannot read, they will not be able to get or keep jobs or to start and manage successful businesses.
  • If Black boys cannot read, they will likely produce other Black boys who cannot read.
  • And the cycle continues!
Break the cycle: Teach Black boys to read well by the 4th grade. How?
1) Read to Black boys between birth and 10 years old
2) Emphasize the value of education--not sports, not entertainment, not games--when Black boys are 2 to 12 years old.
3) Give Black boys books for their birthdays, holidays, and to reward them for jobs well done.
4) Enroll Black boys in a Saturday University Reading Academy at your church, park district, library or school. (Call The Black Star Project at 773.285.9600 for assistance setting up your Saturday University)
5) Have Black boys between the ages of 5 and 15 years old read aloud to you for at least 30 minutes a week.
6) Monitor and regulate the amounts and kinds of media your Black boys consumes.
7) Immerse Black boys in positive, educationally-based peer groups.
8) Find a mentor or a mentoring group for your young Black men.
9) Include culture, spirituality, history, economics, languages and critical thinking in the education of Black boys.
10) Ask the White House to support The Black Star Plan to to teach Black boys to read well by 4th grade.
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Statistical information provided by the Institute for Black Male Achievement-Life Outcomes Indicator.
Click Here to learn about Life Outcomes for Black Men and Boys Across America.
2011 Reading Levels of 8th-Grade
Black Males
from the Lowest-Performing
Large American School Districts*
City\Percentage of 8th-Grade Black Males Proficient in Reading*
Milwaukee - 3%
Cleveland - 3%
Detroit - 5%
Washington (D.C.) - 6%
San Diego - 7%
Dallas - 7%
Baltimore City - 7%
Chicago - 9%
Jefferson County, (KY) - 9%
Atlanta - 9%
Los Angeles - 9%
Philadelphia - 9%
Austin - 9%
Houston - 9%
Hillsborough County (FL) - 9%
Boston - 10%
Miami-Dade - 11%
Charlotte - 12%
New York City - 13%
Only 10% of 8th-grade Black males in the United States read at or above a proficient level.* For those of us who are math challenged, that means, on average, that if you count any 10 Black males in your city, only one of them reads at a proficient level. If you count 100, only 10 of them read at a proficient level. In Milwaukee and Cleveland, only 3 out of 100 young Black men read at or above a proficient level. With statistics like this, why are the schools closed on Dr. King's birthday?
* Source: Minority Students and Public Education by Dr. Michael Holzman
Call us at 773.285.9600 for more information about teaching Black males to read or to register a young Black man.
Little Improvement in Black Male Enrollment at 27 Illinois Colleges from 2008 to 2012
Percentage of Black Male Student Enrollments at
Major Illinois Universities from 2008 through 2012
School
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Bradley University
2.2
2.2
1.8
2.4
2.4
Chicago State University
20.4
20.4
21.5
20.9
20.4
Columbia College Chicago
6.3
6.5
6.6
7
7.3
DePaul University
2.9
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
Dominican University
1.6
1.4
1.7
1.9
1.6
Eastern Illinois University
3.8
4.1
4.3
4.9
5.4
Governors State University
7
7.3
7.2
7.5
7.8
Illinois Institute of Technology
1.8
1.6
1.8
2.1
2
Illinois State University
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.5
Illinois Wesleyan University
2.6
2.4
2.2
2.3
2.1
Lake Forest College
2.7
2.4
3
3.1
2.8
Lewis University
3.3
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.3
Loyola University at Chicago
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.5
National-Louis University
3
3.2
2.2
3.4
3.6
North Park University
3.2
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.1
Northeastern Illinois University
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.4
4
Northern Illinois University
4.3
4.6
4.9
5.3
5.6
Northwestern University
1.6
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.1
Roosevelt University
4.2
4.3
4.6
5.5
5.6
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
7.4
7.6
8
8.1
8.2
Southern Illinois University At Edwardsville
3.1
3.2
3.8
4.2
4.6
St. Xavier University
3.4
3.5
3.4
4.2
4
University of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
2.4
2.4
2
2
2.1
University of Illinois At Chicago
2.5
2.7
2.6
2.6
2.7
University of Illinois at Springfield
3.8
4.2
4.1
3.8
4.3
University of Chicago
1.9
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.8
Western Illinois University
3.3
3.5
4.2
5.1
6

Statistics Compiled by The Black Star Project from the Illinois Board of Higher Education's Statewide Data on Enrollment and Degrees Conferred.
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