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By the time they reach middle school, more than half of the African American
males in Oakland show signs they'll miss high school graduation day, with
suspensions and chronic absenteeism topping the list of common
characteristics among them, according to a study released Tuesday.
The Urban Strategies Council report identified several risk factors facing
black males and urged Oakland education officials to monitor those students
closely and intervene to keep them in class and on track to graduate.
"This report demonstrates the critical importance of Oakland Unified School
District's decision to begin regularly calculating and monitoring chronic
absence and using disaggregated data to unpack the challenges and realities
for particular populations of students," said Hedy Chang, of Attendance
Works, a national nonprofit that helps address chronic absence in schools,
in a statement.
Researchers found that 1 out of 5 African American boys in Oakland, more
than 1,200 students, were suspended from school at least once last year and
an equal number were chronically absent.
The study identified the early-warning signs of a high school dropout,
including an absentee rate of at least 10 days in a school year, at least
one suspension, below-grade literacy and being held back a grade.
More than half the district's black males, 55 percent, had one or more of
those red flags, according to the researchers at Urban Strategies Council,
an Oakland-based nonprofit that focuses on improving conditions in low-
income communities.
While black males made up 17 percent of district enrollment, they comprised
42 percent of suspensions, a suspension rate six times higher than that of
white males.
Familiar stories
The numbers offered deep insight into statistics that are already all-too
familiar to Oakland Unified officials.
To address the problem, Superintendent Tony Smith created the Office of
African American Male Achievement in October 2010, one of a handful of
public school programs in the country focused on one subset of students
based on a single ethnicity and gender.
The program has initiated manhood development classes at three middle
schools and six high schools, a program that boosted grades and attendance
while reducing behavioral problems, said the office's executive director,
Chris Chatmon.
In addition, he works with parents and school staff to analyze the
statistics, talk about problems and find answers.
At Edna Brewer Middle School, for example, Chatmon helped coordinate an
African American parent summit, open to all families, to look at black
student achievement and brainstorm what they felt was needed.
The group decided to create a Black Student Union to address the fact that
some students didn't think it was "cool to be smart," Chatmon said.
The club offered students a formal place to meet to put the "swag back in
smartness," he said.
Addressing absences
The Urban Strategies Council acknowledged the ongoing work at the district,
but recommended increasing efforts to identify at-risk black males and
immediately address chronic absences through programs that increase parent
involvement and offer mentoring, for example.
In addition, the report called for alternatives to suspensions for
nonviolent or nonserious offenses. Currently, nearly half the African
American boys with multiple suspensions were suspended for "willful defiance
or disruption," something researchers called a subjective offense that
could be addressed without a temporary ban from school.
While the report's numbers were sobering, Chatmon said it's important to
note the good news, including the nearly 1,200 black students who landed on
the honor roll this spring.
Still, he acknowledged the ongoing need to address the issues highlighted in
the report.
"It's humbling," he said. "I'm hopeful we'll all be able to leverage this."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/MN7P1OLCS2.DTL#ixzz1vhqLkyEe
males in Oakland show signs they'll miss high school graduation day, with
suspensions and chronic absenteeism topping the list of common
characteristics among them, according to a study released Tuesday.
The Urban Strategies Council report identified several risk factors facing
black males and urged Oakland education officials to monitor those students
closely and intervene to keep them in class and on track to graduate.
"This report demonstrates the critical importance of Oakland Unified School
District's decision to begin regularly calculating and monitoring chronic
absence and using disaggregated data to unpack the challenges and realities
for particular populations of students," said Hedy Chang, of Attendance
Works, a national nonprofit that helps address chronic absence in schools,
in a statement.
Researchers found that 1 out of 5 African American boys in Oakland, more
than 1,200 students, were suspended from school at least once last year and
an equal number were chronically absent.
The study identified the early-warning signs of a high school dropout,
including an absentee rate of at least 10 days in a school year, at least
one suspension, below-grade literacy and being held back a grade.
More than half the district's black males, 55 percent, had one or more of
those red flags, according to the researchers at Urban Strategies Council,
an Oakland-based nonprofit that focuses on improving conditions in low-
income communities.
While black males made up 17 percent of district enrollment, they comprised
42 percent of suspensions, a suspension rate six times higher than that of
white males.
Familiar stories
The numbers offered deep insight into statistics that are already all-too
familiar to Oakland Unified officials.
To address the problem, Superintendent Tony Smith created the Office of
African American Male Achievement in October 2010, one of a handful of
public school programs in the country focused on one subset of students
based on a single ethnicity and gender.
The program has initiated manhood development classes at three middle
schools and six high schools, a program that boosted grades and attendance
while reducing behavioral problems, said the office's executive director,
Chris Chatmon.
In addition, he works with parents and school staff to analyze the
statistics, talk about problems and find answers.
At Edna Brewer Middle School, for example, Chatmon helped coordinate an
African American parent summit, open to all families, to look at black
student achievement and brainstorm what they felt was needed.
The group decided to create a Black Student Union to address the fact that
some students didn't think it was "cool to be smart," Chatmon said.
The club offered students a formal place to meet to put the "swag back in
smartness," he said.
Addressing absences
The Urban Strategies Council acknowledged the ongoing work at the district,
but recommended increasing efforts to identify at-risk black males and
immediately address chronic absences through programs that increase parent
involvement and offer mentoring, for example.
In addition, the report called for alternatives to suspensions for
nonviolent or nonserious offenses. Currently, nearly half the African
American boys with multiple suspensions were suspended for "willful defiance
or disruption," something researchers called a subjective offense that
could be addressed without a temporary ban from school.
While the report's numbers were sobering, Chatmon said it's important to
note the good news, including the nearly 1,200 black students who landed on
the honor roll this spring.
Still, he acknowledged the ongoing need to address the issues highlighted in
the report.
"It's humbling," he said. "I'm hopeful we'll all be able to leverage this."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/MN7P1OLCS2.DTL#ixzz1vhqLkyEe
