President Barack Obama was set to announce an
executive order aimed at improving the performance of African-American
students as he addresses the Urban League Wednesday night.
The speech to the civil rights group is an opportunity for the
president to reach out to some of his most loyal supporters,
African-Americans, who as a group have struggled more than most
Americans in the tough economy.
The executive order establishes an interagency initiative aimed at
identifying promising programs to improve African-American students’
performance and developing a national network of people and groups to
share these ideas and put them into practice. The program, to be housed
in the Education Department, is dubbed the White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for African Americans.
The order also sets up a commission to advise the initiative and a
federal interagency working group to coordinate federal efforts from
early childhood education through college and adult schooling.
Source http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/07/25/obama-plans-program-to-help-african-american-students/
