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Publication Date: 2012
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Middle School Matters: Improving the Life Course of Black Boys. Policy Notes. Volume 20, Number 4, Winter 2012
Yaffe, Deborah
Educational Testing Service
This issue of ETS Policy Notes (Vol. 20, No. 4) provides highlights from the symposium, "Middle School Matters: Improving the Life Course of Black Boys" held on July 23-24, 2012. The second in a series of four symposia co-sponsored by ETS and the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), the seminar examined the education and status of African-American boys, ages 9 to 13.
Descriptors: Middle School Students, African American Students, Student Improvement, Seminars, Poverty, Expenditure per Student, Suspension, Mentors, Role Models, Child Psychology, Disadvantaged, Males, Educational Policy, Educational Opportunities, Student Development, Change Strategies, Barriers
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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