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Do African-Americans Overvalue Education?

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Educator and Doctorial Candidate (in education), SCOTT SPEED, is our special guest as we discuss the relationship of EDUCATION in the AFRICAN-AMERICAN community.   Is getting a good education for a good job still the golden ticket out of poverty, or is higher education too expensive to make college worth it?  Should Blacks focus more on trade schools, especially since BLACK college graduates still lag behind WHITES in unemployment rates?  The high school gradaution rates have increased for all races, except for Blacks since 1991, why?  Is home schooling a better option?  Mental Dialogue asking the questions America's afraid to ask. "ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU THINK

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