25t
children c estern
n trudge bac to hool
m ny may not be
ge tin h t th y're prorni ed
- an education.
In tead e pecially if they are
Bl c , inferiority might en be
the 1 n of the day.
cc rding to Dr. Ch rle D.
ody Sr. uthor of Equity
and cell nee in Edu ation for
in here Are
e?" public education is de . n-
d to te h om udents to
pire to hi h atu rol in
dult life while conditioning
oth to cept 10 atu
roles in life.
o dy's report, part of the
Urban Le gue report on the
State of Bl c ichigan, suggests
th t public edu ation does not
deliver for Black children.
De pite expect tion from
the Black middl and upper-
. lower clas t t public educa-
tion equip , t dents it
nece ary knowl d e and kills
to m e them competitive
h I y terns by-and-large,
have failed to provid proper
educational rvices, ody
find.
Bl c
E
four
and degree f
teg ry,
rite th t although
tudents mpri 18.3
percent of the tate's chool
enr lIment, or 294 372 student
percent are enrolled in ju t
30 di trict .
Bla k tudent are overrepre-
sented in basic and 10 -level
I cl es while underrepresented
in advanced placement and cl -
es for gifted children.
Black enrollment in the
state's colleges and universities
has hovered at 3.26 percent.
That mean about 16000 Blacks
are enrolled in four-year
011 ge . For two-year c lleges
the figure are slightly higher
with 21,000 Blac tudents for
4.15 percent of the total.
Only 8000 Black students
them,
ri e. 'They are e-
mandin edu tional ervice
nd that thi ill and nowledge
b tr nsferred to job that will
provide equal pay, p wer privi
lege and pre ti e."
center) SCLC youth coordin tor emb ce
omi Tutu-Se en daught r of Bishop Desmond Tutu of South
Af' , and her husband, nd Bernice King, daughter of rtin
Luther iog, Jr. The daughte of th obel P ce Prize inne
poke t a youth empowennent program during the 2 th annual
. SCLC convention in ontgomery, la. Photo by Ren d South
hall
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ment district. The move clear
the way for the granting of
tax batements. S ott plans
new butcher shop on Broad
ay near Ho den.
Coun il ctions at the Aug.
19 meting re but ontinua
tion of the city's effort to take
care of th busine of bu i-
nes.
The coun il ha re ently
approved tax abatement or
J R Developer to con truct a
new computer ale and repair
hop on Havey near Lemuel;
Tyler Sales Co. Ander on Pat
tern Co. nd C 'Appliance
all planning e pansion.
ith an eye to gettin for
ivin , the oun il has estab-
li hed tax ab tement uide lines
whereby a bu ine getting th
tax break mu t give a percentage
of the ne job re ted to city
resident.
Fe tival in the par
way
way
P ck
proceed east on Broad-
to Pee then north on
to Manahan, pr eed
on M nah n t B er
B ker to Columbia,
t Baker Colum-
HTS. - Five
bu ine edged clo r to brin -
ing to reality not only their
a n dream but th goal of the
arren dministration - job .
At the u ust 26 city council
meeting, council member ap-
pro ed the le of property
to three new bu ine es:
Dy tra Carpet o. for a carpet
store on herman t Temple;
ent Be er e Co. In . for a
hole be erage facility on
Glade near Shenn n: and Gor
d n Food Servic Inc. for a
food tore at Shennan and
Temp . . USKEGO HTS. - The
Quic way-Staput Sign Inc., us egon Height Downtown
781 nnan ) bel manu- Development Authority and
fa turing company received th Bo rd will pon or th fourth
council 0 y to buy property nnual Fe ti al in th P rk to
on Sherman tRy for ware- be held in Rowan Park Sep-
ou e pan ion. t mber 7, turd y t 10:00
Scott eats, 2804 Hoyt, also a.m.
received council pproval st b- The Parade will a emble at
lishing a commercial redevelop- - the corner of Sixth and Broad-
bia.
Come
the fun.
ut and be a part of
Michael
Jackson
to star in film
-Tum to Pa 12
ere enrolled in priv te r inde
p ndent c lle e makin up 1.72
p reent of that t tal em 11m nt
during 1984.
Citing a rep rt authored by
linda Darlin -Hamm nd
publi hed by th Rand Corp. in
1985 0 dy con lude that
Blacks th ugh n compi tin
high s hool in gre ter number,
have lost r und in olle e
attendance and compl tion rate
in 1 7S b au f th e on mi
re e i n nd n in
federally-fund d tudent id pr -
hild at h n P e
POO TRE T E T
On e Bla k are nr lled at
ny 1 vel [ educ ti n, hat
ind f trea tm nt d th re-
eive?
Continued on P e 8
Parents, grade your schools
Taking a Ii t to the 10 al publi
least once - is a d way t a se
Hatwo d Futrell, pre id nt f th
A iati n.
Th dozen
som kind of
parti ular ch
I and ch
qu lity ,
ati nal
-CL
n r-
th
ram
Is a
r paren
Are they
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