Charleston County School District’s plan to bring minority students up to speed- Charleston City Paper

Fran Welch, dean of the College of Charleston’s School of Education, Health, and Human Performance, has been keeping tabs on the school district for years, and she has seen black male students dropping out at disproportionate rates. According to national data, test scores of black students who spend a year with a black teacher tend to improve by four percentage points

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