“The good news is that there are specific things we can do that we know about. What we do know is that we can turn around these low-performing high schools,” Shelton said. “There is a way to take the high schools that have had graduation rates around 30 percent and turn them into high performance schools with graduation rates at 70, 80 and 90 percent.”
Other notable sessions on Thursday included a National Town Hall Meeting entitled “Economic Recovery and Opportunity.” In all, thousands of African-American professionals are attending the five-day conference in Washington, D.C., convened by the CBC, which has 42 members, and organized by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. This year, the 39th Annual Legislative Conference, has sponsored a significant block of forums, strategy sessions, and braintrusts on economic recovery and empowerment topics.
