Every Day Statistics In America

[TShango]

Every Day In America…

·Every 4 seconds a black public school student is suspended.

·Every 34 seconds a black public school student is corporally punished.

·Every 50 seconds a black high school student drops out.

·Every minute a black child is arrested.

·Every minute a black baby is born to an unmarried mother.

·Every 2 minutes a black baby is born into poverty.

·Every 5 minutes a black baby is born to a teen mother.

·Every 14 minutes a black child is arrested for drug abuse.

·Every 17 minutes a black child is arrested for a violent crimes.

·Every hour a black baby dies before his or her first birthday.

·Every 4 hours a black child or teen dies in an accident.

·Every 8 hours a firearm kills a black child teen.

*Facts from Marian Wright Elderman, the founder and President of the Children’s
Defense Fund. 2005

Have you noticed people always focus on the negative statistics.

The real question is what are we going to do to change this?

How can our schools improve our conditions?