UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Education marked the end of its annual Summer College Opportunity Program in Education (S.C.O.P.E.) recently in the Krause Innovation Studio with the final research presentations of the 13 students in this year’s cohort. One of those students being 11th grader Jahmere McDuffie from Academy Park High School.
Started in 2002, S.C.O.P.E. is a four-week rigorous academic enrichment and orientation program offering the opportunity to experience college life during the summer session at Penn State’s University Park campus. To be eligible, students must be from a background traditionally underrepresented in the field of education, be entering the 11th grade in the upcoming school year, be enrolled in a college preparatory curriculum, be interested in an education career, have a high school cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
11th grader Jahmere McDuffie gave his presentation "Learning While Black: Racial Bias Against African American Students in the Classroom" during the final day of the S.C.O.P.E in the Krause Innovation Studio in the Chambers on the University Park Campus.
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