President Obama announced he had established by executive order a White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

 

 

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Huffington Post

 

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is creating a new office to bolster education of African-American students.

 

The White House says the office will coordinate the work of communities and federal agencies to ensure that African-American youngsters are better prepared for high school, college and career.

 

Obama is announcing his election-year initiative Wednesday night in a speech to the civil rights group the National Urban League as he seeks to rally black voters. Aides say his executive order, to be signed Thursday, will set a goal of producing “a more effective continuum” of programs for African-American students.

 

The president announced his election-year initiative, the first-ever White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, in remarks to the civil rights group National Urban League Convention Wednesday as he sought to rally black voters.

 

Aides told the Associated Press that the executive order, to be signed Thursday, will set a goal of producing “a more effective continuum” of programs for African-American students.

 

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New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center -July 25, 2012

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