Ben Vinson III

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Ben Vinson III


Ben Vinson is Professor of Latin American History and Director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is a specialist on issues of race in Latin America, particularly Mexico.

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Baltimore City public schools are underperforming. The Baltimore City Data Collaborative showed that between 2006-2007, just over 44% of 8th graders were proficient in state reading assessments, and just 24.4% were proficient in math. We know that while high-school graduation … Continue reading