Quarterly Report – Urban Middle School Students Plan for College

Every quarter, Growing Kings issues a research brief centered around educational and societal concerns effecting urban male youth nationwide. Through our quarterly reports we look to inform our readers on how we are confronting those problems locally.

In our latest quarterly report, we look at how our middle school students are already planning for college. Key report findings include:

• An overemphasis on negative statistical representations can discourage misguided youth, misinform critical responses, and simultaneously ignore the millions of Black and Brown young men who are making positive contributions to the world.
• Growing Kings has maintained a position of acknowledging deficits, initiating positive preventative measures, intervening responsibly, and celebrating success.
• Black males in this country are overlooked for their positive contributions to family, community, democracy, economy, thought leadership and country.

View the entire report Quarterly Brief – July 2015.