Most Grade School Dropouts are Black
During the 1999-2000 school year, African Americans accounted for 52 percent of all sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in the Chicago Public Schools, and 65 percent of dropouts that age. Latinos represented 34 percent of the student body and 26 percent of dropouts.
Aug 8The Chicago Reporter’s Fernando Diaz has been awarded the 2008 Emerging Journalist of the Year from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Diaz will be honored at the association’s 23rd annual Noche de Triunfos Journalism Awards Gala held Sept. 12 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.Aug 29Senior Editor Kimbriell Kelly recently appeared on WBEZ 91.5-FM's Eight Forty-Eight show for its month-in-review segment. Visit here to listen to the segment.
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