Left to right, Austin Community College students Ricky Robins, Tommt Lias, and Mu'stapha Felica, speak about opening up paths to black male students' success.
Left to right, Austin Community College students Ricky Robins, Tommt Lias, and Mu'stapha Felica, speak about opening up paths to black male students' success. Charlie Pearce

During a speech at the University of Texas at Austin, Marco Davis of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics urged young Texas men of color to become agents of change in their communities. Early education, family engagement and high-quality teachers are the keys to a brighter future for a population beset by high dropout rates, poverty and crime, he said. (Austin American-Statesman) 

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