Breaking Barriers: Plotting the Path to Academic Success for School-Age African-American Males

This report explores factors that improve educational outcomes for African-American males by analyzing academic success indicators from four national surveys.

The factors explored include personal/emotional, family, social/environmental, and school. Relationships between academic achievement and external factors are the cornerstone of the findings.

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which produced the report, is a grantee of the Open Society Foundations.