Professors from Morehouse College’s Research Institute, along with national experts from six other university-based policy centers, have released a report outlining 15 federal policy recommendations aimed at improving educational experiences and outcomes for young males of color.

The report builds on President Barack Obama’s $200 million, five-year “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative to help this same youth group.

Among the report’s recommendations are a requirement that colleges implement an early alert system to identify students needing extra help, the provision of professional development and training courses for educators to work with these students, and the creation of a tracking system for schools from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade whose suspension and special education rates are higher for boys of color than other students.

Joining Morehouse in contributing to the report were the University of Pennsylvania, San Diego State, the University of Texas at Austin, Ohio State University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California, Los Angeles.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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