The Challenge of Educating Troubled Muslim Youth in America

There is an education crisis in America. The 2000 presidential election attests to this fact, as both Al Gore and George W. Bush made educational reform one of their top priorities throughout the campaign year. Statistics on America's public education system, particularly in urban areas, are alarming. For example, in 1990, high schools in Baltimore, Maryland were graduating less than 50% of their students (The Heritage Foundation, 1990).