the obama administration is convinced, one way to make sure more african-american boys are as successful in school is to get more african-american men to teach them. i talked to education secretary arne duncan about his push for more black male teachers. it s a piece of solution. it s not the only solution. and our students need great teachers of every color and gender and ethnicity and background. but as a part of that mosaic, as a part of that team, we don t have enough black males. that s the disturbing fact. so we will look closer at the education study in just a couple minutes. i will be joined by jeffrey canada, president and ceo of the harlem children zone, and john jackson, head of the shot foundation for public education, the organization that conducted the study that we re talking about. a shocking crime in south carolina. double murder charges will be brought against 29-year-old sha kwan duly. orange county authorities say she rolled her car into a river. her two boys
getting back to our lead story now, a new study on black males in public education entitl entitled yes we can, 47% of black males graduating compared to 78% of white students getting their high school diplomas. it looks to possible solutions closing that gap. joining me from new york, john jackson, president and ceo of the shot foundation, the organization that conducted the study. and jeffrey canada who heads the harlem s children zone. gentlemen, we need your wisdom, your smarts. we need some solutions. john, let me start with you. were you surprised at all by the findings in the report? well, we conducted the study two years ago. and it indicated that 48% of black males across the country were graduating from high school. we were as stannishedo see that there was very little progress. in fact, the numbers are headed