01/21/2015 Mayor Bowser and DCPS Launch Bold New Initiative to Empower Males of Color (District of Columbia Public Schools)

(Source: District of Columbia Public Schools) January 21, 2015 District's My Brother's Keeper Efforts Centered Around Mentoring, Targeted Funding and New Partnerships Contact: LaToya Foster (EOM) | 202-727-5011 Washington, DC - Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Kaya Henderson launched Empowering Males of Color. The effort is part of the Bowser Administration's effort to advance achievement and opportunity and reduce racial disparities for boys and men of color across Washington, DC. Currently, male students of color make up 43 percent of the overall DCPS student population and those students as a whole are not meeting their potential. Black...