Category: Eagle in the News
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NYC Mayoral Candidates Talk Education in Forum
Mayoral candidates will have another opportunity on Sunday January 31st to share their vision for our schools in a forum with the Black Educators Coalition.
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TRAILER: ‘The Infamous Future’ Follows Boys of Color at NY’s The Eagle Academy for Young Men (Watch)
”The Infamous Future,” a documentary following the Black and brown boys of The Eagle Academy for Young Men schools amid America’s severe education inequity, will begin streaming New Year’s Day on HBO Max.
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Academic Gap: Why Black students lag behind in schools and what’s being done to fix it
NEW YORK — When David C. Banks helped open the first Eagle Academy for Young Men in the South Bronx in 2004, he had a goal firmly in mind.
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State of Our Schools
Bronx – Eagle President and CEO David C. Banks offers hope to parents and teachers in challenging times.
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The Eagle Academy for Young Men is beating the odds when it comes to students of color
The Eagle Academy for young men is helping students defy the odds with a graduation rate of almost ninety percent compared to the national rate of just under sixty percent.
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A Unique Collection in the Bronx of Black, Latino Male Stories
Brooklyn – PIX11 Principal Cecelia Gutierrez shares with PIX11 News, how the Rising Voices Collection “ties in with the work that we’re doing to make sure all of our students have equitable access to books that are relatable — books that tell their story.”
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Eagle Academy’s Success with Young Men of Color
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and David C. Banks, founder of Eagle Academy talk about how the all-male New Jersey public school focuses on building young men committed to academic excellence.
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David Banks Helps Young Men SOAR
MSNBC interviews Eagle Founder & CEO David C. Banks after Freddie Gray’s arrest sparks Baltimore protests. Banks urges a response that focuses on investing in young Black men of color.