We cannot be content to stay on the present course and simply talk about reform. While BAEO's media campaign will take the group's message to the grassroots, expanded educational options have to come from the legislature. Rep. Evans believes that as BAEO's information reaches the community and creates interest, legislators will have to address the issue in a manner that supports the consensus, regardless of partisan interests. Raised by his aunt and grandparents, Caire told how he watched his fellow black students disappear from a public school system that loses an average of 75 percent of its black males between ninth and twelfth grade. Only 5 percent graduate college.
People ask where all of our black teachers are.
There's always been an established order, but one thing we need to look for is an order that allows us to choose. But while they are prepared to take on any opposition in this fight, they believe very soon the dialog will shift from being an argument for or against choice to a discussion about how to take advantage of different types of choice. No social movement has started with zillions of people. It starts with people who will work to make this happen. We are committed and we will make an impact.