Middle School Matters: Improving the Life Course of Black Boys ETS Policy Notes: News from the ETS Policy Information Center CDF SES
- Author(s):
- Yaffe, Deborah
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- ETS Policy Notes, v20 n4, Win 2012
- Document Type:
- Periodical
- Page Count:
- 12
- Subject/Key Words:
- Children's Defense Fund (CDF), African American Boys, Achievement Gap, Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Abstract
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.