Dr. Steve Perry speaks at North Carolina Central University’s 2nd Annual Education Conference 03/24/2010
 Dr. Trice and Dr. Perry Dr. Steve Perry’s (CNN Black in America II) message to conference participants this past Saturday was clear and concise – it’s time to close schools that are not working for our kids and open schools that do! An avid supporter of charter schools and vouchers, Perry contends that far too often public schools have become “employment agencies” for adults who have no real interest and/or expertise in teaching black, brown and poor students. He notes that the primary problem with schools is they’re designed to make adults feel comfortable, while chipping away at the souls of our most fragile students. Although Dr. Perry was speaking to about 300 lively public school educators, he did not bite his tongue. He made it plain that he has no patience for “grown people” that don’t know how to care for kids and that educators should stop complaining about their lack of pay until they can produce the kind of achievement results that will make the community proud. Dr. Perry suggests:
Follow Dr. Perry on Twitter Black in America II – Article about Steve Perry Video of Dr. Perry on Black in America II CommentsThu, 15 Apr 2010 2:42:37 pm Dr. Perry is to be commended on his accomplishments towards helping to reduce this country's horrendous and insidious cumulative deficit or Black/White Academic Achievement Gap. This gap between the have and have-nots, between Black non-mainstream inner-city and White mainstream students, continues to widen..We still have such a long way to go towards eliminating this gap, "Between the Rhetoric and Reality" of education in this country!..Black students on the average, graduate three years behind White kids..Black students have a drop-out rate of 53%..If we combine this drop-out rate with the highly conservative estimate that 16% of these students will fail to pass state required exit exams, we arrive at a figure, indicating that only 37% of Black students will receive high school diplomas..Functional illiteracy is one indicator of the demise of a community..The Black community presently has an adult illiteracy rate of over 44% and climbing..A great deal of young adult and juvenile Black male offenders are incarcerated within our correctional institutions at alarming rates..A large percentage of these offenders are "functionally illiterate"..If you don't read, you don't know and will never find out"..(Green)..Illiteracy remains that villian which continues to cause so many of the problems of the Black community and problems confronting other minorities.."Between the Rhetoric and Reality" Lauriat Press;Simpkins&Simpkins,2009..written by two concerned African American brothers, can be previewed on either "Amazon.Com, or Borders". Leave a Reply |  Dr. Rodney N. Trice
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