Back to School or back to Hell? Why America’s Education System Continues failing Black Students

Mr. Akua is a former Teacher of the Year and currently develops African-centered curriculum for schools and travels the country teaching and training teachers and administrators at all levels. “There are a number of schools, public, private and charter that are under the administration of bold and visionary leaders.  But these schools are few and far between, certainly not enough to meet the needs of the masses of the people,” Mr. Akua told The Final Call via email.

A visionary when it came to the deficiencies he saw in America’s educational system and how the consequences effected Black children, The Honorable Elijah Muhammad and his followers pulled their children out of public schools and began teaching them in what was considered a controversial and bold move back in the 1930s and 40s.

Much to the anger and dismay of the federal government, The Nation of Islam established Muhammad University of Islam with a focus on a God-centered practical curriculum to train its students to be productive and to develop future leaders. Minister Louis Farrakhan has warned America that if the country refuses to wake up and recognize the consequences of perpetuating the current system of education, its fate is sealed.

Today, more Black parents are pulling their children out of the public school system, opting instead to home school, providing a more culturally rounded educational focus.

But for those children that remain behind, in cities like Chicago, where a teacher’s strike is looming or in Lauderdale County, Miss. where the Department of Justice recently accused officials of running a school to prison pipeline, serious problems remain.

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