Al Sharpton and RAW Team-up To Wrestle With Achievement Gap

by Mike Smith · 2009-09-21 11:49:00 +0100
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Last week it was Bill Gates and MTV teaming up to produce a show to encourage kids to stay in school. Now, it's being reported that Reverend Al Sharpton will host a Monday night's RAW. He'll be doing it to promote the Achievement Gap tour, but it's unclear whether touring partners Newt Gringrich and Arne Duncan will be joining him in the ring in an unusual teaming-up.

The Achievement Gap tour, announced last month, will hit four cities and explain how the Obama administration will reform public education, as well as discussing some of the challenges facing America's school system. Sharpton explained, "I agree with President Obama that we must use new methods to close the achievement gap so we do not continue to fail our children."  Gringrich is doing his part, speaking with the Washington Post earlier this year he said "I know it's possible to educate every child from every background."

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Mike Smith is associate editor at Change.org.
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