City's Black Males Stay in School (week of Nov.3)

One of the highest groups of students of drop-out rates are Black males across the country. In this article, the focus is on the city of Baltimore; where the graduation rate increased from 51% in 2006-07 to 57.3% in 2009-10. Much of the success for this rise is attributed by an increase of reaching out to students that have dropped out by use of social media websites and increase in just the personal accountability factor. The "Great Kids Come Back" campaigns send volunteers to the houses of drop out students to come back to school, and by their efforts, there has been some progress to get those students slowly back on track. One last thing the article mentioned was the power of friendship and caring individuals. D'Antre Larry, a junior at Baltimore's Friendship Academy of Science & Technology said that if his principal and staff had not reached out and supported him, he'd be on the streets trying to make a quick dollar. I think that these positive interactions shed light on this kid to turn to different route to success! Great job staff!