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A People's History Of The United States (Wikipedia) - Bring to light little known voices from U.S. history, including those of women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, and laborers (Online text).

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Posted February 5, 2009

2008 - Given Half a Chance: Minnesota - Data shows inequities between Black and White male students in graduation rates, student achievement, school discipline and special education referrals, AND Gifted & Talented program participation rates for Minnesota and Minneapolis Public Schools, Schott Foundation for Public Education Black Male Data Portal.

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Posted January 20, 2009

May 2008 - Man Up: Recruiting & Retaining African American Male Mentors - Recommendations for recruiting and retaining African American males to serve as mentors focusing on three key factors that impact mentoring programs across the country: 1) waiting lists of pre-teen and teenage African American males seeking mentors; 2) recruiting and retaining African American male mentors; and 3) recruitment strategies targeting African American male mentors, Urban Leadership Institute.

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Posted January 4, 2009

June 2008 - ACT High School Profile Report: The Graduating Class of 2008: Minnesota; ACT 2008 State Results, ACT.

• 44,863 Minnesota students took the ACT in 2008
• 77% met benchmarks in English
• 56% met benchmarks in Mathematics
• 64% met benchmarks in Reading
• 40% met benchmarks in Science
• 32% of Minnesota students met all four benchmarks

Minnesota Class of 2008 taking the ACT by ethnicity:

(Enrollment data extracted from 2007-2008 Enrollments-State--Grade/Ethnicity/Gender (2/21/08), Minnesota Department of Education.)

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