Black male school reports 100 percent college acceptance
Urban Prep Academy's announcement was met with skeptics, some of whom said that being accepted to college is not the same as actually attending...
From BlackVoices:
Last year, I introduced you to Urban Prep Academy, a school in the inner city of Chicago. The school was unique in that 100 percent of its student body, which is completely black male, announced that they’d all been accepted into college. Obviously, this would be a tremendous achievement for any institution, particularly one that is faced with the social hurdles that come with life in urban America.
The school’s announcement was met with skeptics, some of whom said that being accepted to college is not the same as actually attending, and that attending college is not the same as actually graduating. I responded by stating that you have to start somewhere, and that this school is already breaking tremendous ground by at least setting the bar high in the first place.
The school recently quieted some of its skeptics by announcing that all 107 of the young black men accepted into college are now planning to attend.
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