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Why is there a need for SETCLAE?
Forty-two percent of African Americans can't read beyond the sixth grade level. In most urban areas the dropout rate hovers near 50 percent. There is, on an average, a thirty point differential on achievement tests between White and African American students.
Many African American Students associate being smart with being White or with being something undesirable or unattainable.
Many are embarrassed about their lack of knowledge about African American History.
People who possess self-esteem attribute their success to their abilities, and their failures to lack of effort.
Numerous studies confirm the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement.
