Obama announces expansion of ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ initiative

Obama also said leaders of 60 of the nation’s largest school systems have pledged to expand minority boys’ access to better preschools and advanced classes and to try to prevent grade retention, suspensions and expulsions. The College Board is also investing over US$1.5 million all African American, Latino, and Native American students with strong educational skills enroll in at least one advanced placement class before graduation.

Phi Beta Sigma, one of the nation’s biggest black fraternities, also announced last week during its centennial celebration in Washington that it would train 10,000 men to become mentors.

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