Million Father March
Chicago-based group, the Black Star Project, has organized back-to-school events in 79 communities, encouraging fathers to get involved in their children's education. Nonprofit offers multiple programs for parents and educators, designed to improve achievement for low-income and minority students.
Education Week reports: "The event is taking different forms in different places. In Kansas City, Mo., a radio station has offered to drive fathers and their children to school in limousines. In one Illinois town, the mayor planned to greet men as they brought their children to school. One Hawaii town organized an effort to get men in prison to write to friends and relatives and ask them to take their children to school in their stead.
"Here in Prince George’s County, Md., a predominantly African-American, largely middle-class community east of Washington, civic leaders asked parents to bring their children to school on the first day. They dubbed the event “Embracing Our Village,” in an attempt to revitalize the sense of communal responsibility for children in the oft-cited African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.'"
Education Week reports: "The event is taking different forms in different places. In Kansas City, Mo., a radio station has offered to drive fathers and their children to school in limousines. In one Illinois town, the mayor planned to greet men as they brought their children to school. One Hawaii town organized an effort to get men in prison to write to friends and relatives and ask them to take their children to school in their stead.
"Here in Prince George’s County, Md., a predominantly African-American, largely middle-class community east of Washington, civic leaders asked parents to bring their children to school on the first day. They dubbed the event “Embracing Our Village,” in an attempt to revitalize the sense of communal responsibility for children in the oft-cited African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.'"
posted by Adam Kernan-Schloss @ 7:02 AM
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Stefanie Fryman said…
This was the first time I had heard of the new initiative encouraging fathers across the United States to become involved in their child’s education. I found the research interesting that about one-third of all children, 24 million of them, live apart from their biological father according to the National Fatherhood Initiative. I also found the researching compelling that indicated students whose fathers remain involved in their education are less likely to repeat a grade, drop out, or develop problems such as substance abuse. The Black Star Project in Chicago is definitely doing their part to ensure more fathers become involved in their child’s education. They have been calling on men to take their children to school on the first day or to participate in events throughout the school year. The initiative borrows its name from Louis Farrakhan’s famous Million man March. School districts nation wide know they must reach out to fathers and to other family partners who are important in their children’s lives. I believe this new initiative is a creative way to involve more fathers in their education.
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