Helping Hands
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Traditionally, the development and academic achievement of African-American male stridence have lagged behind that of their female and white counterparts. The Wake County Public School System has initiated an innovative effort aimed at reversing the trend and helping African-American male youngsters take full advantage of learning opportunities. Called the School/Community Helping Hands Projects, the program is the brain child of former Superintendent Robert E. Bridges and resulted from his eight years of research into the achievement levels of young African-American males as compared with other groups of students. The program teams the resources of school and community to offer African-American male youths unique helps toward success in school and in life.
Role models from the school and the community are paired with students in grades 3-8 who have the potential for success in school, but who, for whatever reasons, are not reaching their potential and are at risk of school failure. Dr. Bridges identified four key negative factors hindering development of the African-American male child:
Counteracting the negative influences that hinder the African-American male student development is on of the key goals of the program. Other goals the project include:
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