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with just 10 percent of the African-American boys and 14 percent of Hispanic boys reading proficiently

Statistics show that literacy is an extreme struggle for minorities beginning in third grade and by the time they reach the 8th grade their math performance begins to suffer

Research indicates that white male students are three times more likely to be reading proficiently in the fourth grade than their African-American peers and more than twice as likely as Hispanic boys

Your support allows us to assist in areas of weakness for young minority males helping them to be able to obtain optimal success in academics

That's because those equations turn into WORD problems

Bothered (About Illiteracy) Size:Large with just 10 percent ofBothered is the sentiment of those who are frustrated at the lack of literacy efforts being implemented to diminish the Achievement Gap.