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   From: black.lies.matter@abc.com   
      
   >From Berkeley retard Michael Alison Chandler, Reporter —   
   Washington, D.C.  It's a wigger broad, not a guy.   
      
   Robert Simmons, an urban education professor who joined D.C.   
   Public Schools last year to build programs for minority boys, is   
   leaving as his initiative is just getting underway.   
      
   Simmons, who held a senior-level position as the school system’s   
   chief of innovation and research, confirmed in an interview that   
   Friday is his last day on the job. He said after working long   
   hours during the past year, he wants to have more time with his   
   family, including his new wife, his mother in Detroit, and his   
   son, who lives out of town and will be starting kindergarten in   
   the fall.   
      
   “He needs a good start,” Simmons said. “This is about my family.”   
      
   Simmons’ departure creates some immediate uncertainty for one of   
   Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s priority programs — the Empowering   
   Males of Color Initiative.   
      
   The program has strong support from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who   
   vowed to make improving opportunities for young minority men a   
   top issue for her administration. The academic performance of   
   black and Latino male students lags far behind other groups of   
   students on multiple measures — from graduation rates to reading   
   scores.   
      
   Simmons built up the groundwork for the initiative during the   
   past year, and he joined Bowser and Henderson to announce the   
   new $20 million effort in January. But it’s just getting started.   
      
   [D.C. schools to invest $20 million in efforts to help black and   
   Latino male students]   
      
   Less than a month ago, Simmons emceed an event at Howard   
   University to start a new mentoring program. He said the   
   District was close to its goal of recruiting 500 volunteers to   
   spend at least a year reading with minority male students in   
   D.C. Public Schools.   
      
   The city also plans to open an all-boys college preparatory high   
   school in the heavily minority area east of the Anacostia next   
   fall. The city also plans to focus funds on new efforts to   
   enhance academic, social and emotional development of black and   
   Latino male students in schools.   
      
   “The work is incredibly important,” Simmons said. “I believe   
   things will continue.”   
      
   In an e-mail Henderson sent out to central office staff Friday,   
   she said Simmons built a “strong foundation” for the work of   
   providing more support to help minority male students become   
   more successful.   
      
   “Although he is leaving the organization, we will remain   
   committed to the EMOC priorities,” she said in the e-mail. “This   
   work has always been, and will continue to be, everyone’s work.”   
      
   She said some of the specific initiatives Simmons handled now   
   will be administered by different offices.   
      
   Michael Czin, a spokesman for Bowser praised Simmons: “We thank   
   Mr. Simmons for his service and work on the EMOC initiative and   
   wish him the best moving forward.”   
      
   Before coming to D.C. Public Schools, Simmons was working as a   
   professor and director of the Center for Innovation in Urban   
   Education at Loyola University Maryland.   
      
   [D.C. schools hire expert to help improve outcomes for African   
   American boys]   
      
   In a statement last year, when he was hired, Henderson told The   
   Washington Post that Simmons, who grew up in Detroit and whose   
   father spent time in prison, was a model for other minority boys   
   in the D.C. Public Schools.   
      
   “He overcame the odds in Detroit and throughout his career,”   
   Henderson said last year. “His accomplishments and bodies of   
   work, both academic and practical, focus on ensuring success for   
   poor and minority students. He brings great insight and   
   experience to our DCPS family.”   
      
   https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/leader-of-the-   
   empowering-males-of-color-program-is-leaving-dc-   
   schools/2015/10/23/361e3252-78e5-11e5-bc80-   
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