Are Charter Schools An Engine for Segregation?; Examining Black Education in Colorado; Black Parent United in Illinois; Only 4% of U.S. College Students Are Black Males; Honor Black Heritage by Fixing Schools

Making Progress; Moving Forward! Are Charter Schools An Engine for Segregation? State of Black Colorado Education Black Parents United In Illinois Olny 4% of U.S. College Students Are Black Males Make A Joyful Noise Links: The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Jounral: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Event Calendar: Click Here Like us on Facebook:       Charter School Segregation Target Of New Report   Charter schools often promise to bring greater equity to education, but a new brief starts with the assumption that they fall short in delivery - and provides recommendations to fix the alleged injustice.   "Charter schools tend to be more racially segregated than traditional public schools," said author and Penn State law professor Preston Green III, who sat on a board that considered charter-school applications in Pennsylvania. "What we tried to do is write ways to enable charter schools to promote desegregation rather exacerbate segregation."   Read More... The State of Black Colorado Education: Are We Making The Grade? brother jeff's Cultural Center Presents the crowning event of Black History Month   The State of Black Colorado Education: Are We Making the Grade? Saturday, February 25, 2012  2:00 pm - 6:30 pm Manual High School 1700 East 28th Ave. Denver, Colorado 80205 This timely Black History Month event is FREE and open to everyone CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Black Parents United in Illinois   Celebrate Black History Month with Black Parents from the cities, towns, villages and suburbs of:   Oak Park, Evanston, Aurora, Harvey, Waukegan, Markham, Ford Heights, Bellwood, Hopkins Park, Westchester, Calumet City, Riverdale, University Park, Chicago Heights, Maywood, Bolingbrook, Robbins, North Chicago, Homewood-Flossmore, Country Club Hills, Romeoville, Mattison, Evergreen Park, Joliet, Kankakee, Blue Island, Richton Park, Broadview, Summit, Elgin, Melrose Park, Park Forest, LaGrange, Glenwood, Schaumburg, Lansing, Thorton, Naperville, South Holland, LaGrange Park, Burnham, Crete and Chicago in Illinois and East Chicago, Hammond and Gary in Indiana  Join Black Parents United   on Saturday, February 25, 2012 1:00 pm   at The Black Star Project 3509 South King Drive, Suite 2B Chicago, Illinois 60653   to plan strategies and programs to help Black and African children and students become globally competent.  Our success depends on us! Take Young Men and/or Young Women to a Free College Basketball Game? through a  Million Fathers Club Events    UIC Men vs Greenbay 1:00 PM UIC Women vs Loyola 4:00 PM Saturday, February 25, 2012 at  525 South Racine Street UIC Pavilion  Chicago, Illinois   Call Bruce Walker at 773-285-9600 for more information or to reserve your FREE tickets!      Click Here for information about other free college games. Honor Heritage By Fixing Schools   By Mary Mitchell, marym@suntimes.com  Chicago Sun-Times   Thursday, February 16, 2012   Because this is black history month, it is a good time to reflect on what is happening to public education.  There's really not much use in recalling how bad things used to be or debating why African Americans still celebrate black history month.    But it is critical to figure out how to fix public schools.  To borrow a slogan from Phillip Jackson, the founder of the Black Star Project:  "Educate of Die."   Read More...      Report: Only 4 percent of college students are black males in U.S.   By CASSAUNDRA BABER Observer-Dispatch, Feb 17, 2012     Next week, Thomas R. Proctor High School senior Julius Blackshear will visit several colleges during winter break.  By the end of the week, he will have a better idea of which college he might attend in the fall.   Blackshear's winter-break activity represents that of many high school seniors, but he's somewhat of an anomaly among black males, according to a study by the Washington, D.C.-based Council of the Great City Schools that found only 4 percent of college students are black males.   Read More... One of the best options for educating Black students in America -- Saturday University     Please call 773.285.9600 to learn how to start a Saturday University in your city.  We have 15 free Saturday Universities operating in and around Chicago.  Please call 773.285.9600 to register your child for free academic enhancement or for more information about Saturday University.   Read More... Campaign for Black Male Achievement Impact Index   This report provides a summary of the accomplishments of the Open Society Campaign for Black Male Achievement since its inception in 2008. It contains the rationale for developing the campaign, a breakdown of its grantmaking goals and strategies, various collaborations that have been created, and descriptions of grantees in each key strategy area. The result is a publication that targets a variety of networks including funding partners, with the hope of leveraging more money to the black male achievement field.    Click Here to Read Full Report Make A Joyful Noise    By Dr. Kathryn B. Kemp  Only $16.95 plus postage   Make a Joyful Noise!: A Brief History of Gospel Music Ministry in America is the story of the resiliency of an African American people who found their God-even in the midst of brutal oppression-and made music in praise and thanksgiving.   This book shows how music-gospel music in particular-has been a vehicle utilized over the years by people of African ancestry as a means of escape, an expression of joy, and source of peace. This music has helped us to hold onto our hopes and dreams despite slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and racism and to instill in our children hope for a better world both here on and the world to come.   Read More...