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Herald seeking diversity columns

Alec L wrote 4 hours ago: Shortly after those dedicated kids down at the Badger Herald put the back-from-Thanksgiving issue to … more →

Tags: Alec L, Badger Herald, Big Ten, Diversity, Undergraduate Research Scholars, University of Wisconsin- Madison

How African American males can succeed in school

glciii wrote 3 weeks ago: Ivory A. Toldson, a senior research analyst with the  Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ( CBCF ) … more →

Tags: African-American, black, Education, Learning, Life, Society, Teaching, Breaking Barriers Plotting the path to Academic Success, cbcf

DC Public School Test Scores Better, But Still Dismal For Disadvantaged Kids1 comment

kathrynbaer wrote 1 month ago: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calls education reform “the central front in the war … more →

Tags: Race/Ethnicity Gaps, Education & Training, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, poverty, schools, Public Schools, Scores

The 5 Lowest Paid Majors in College

Staff wrote 2 months ago: by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University  According to the "College Majors Handbook, … more →

Tags: scholarship in action, syracuse university, Dr. Boyce Watkins, African American Students

Dr Boyce Watkins on the Lowest Paying Majors in College

Staff wrote 2 months ago: by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University  According to the "College Majors Handbook, … more →

Tags: african american college students, Black College Students, Black Colleges, African American Students

5 Lowest Paying Majors in College

Staff wrote 2 months ago: by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University  According to the "College Majors Handbook, … more →

Tags: African American Professors, African American Scholars, black motivational speakers, Black News, African American Students

How does one keep one's cool in the face of such madness1 comment

askiatek2008 wrote 4 months ago: In my book Success Secrets of Black Executives, I pointed out that the most frequent strategy that b … more →

Tags: Health Disparities, Success Secrets of Black Executives, black yoga teachers, blackcollegetours

Principal Sets Bar High for Students

Symphony wrote 4 months ago: SOURCE: Black Voices via CNN HARTFORD, Conn. (July 24) — Principal Steve Perry doesn’t b … more →

Tags: Education, African-American, Black in America 2, black man, capital prep, CNN, steve perry

[en] London, UK: EMERGENCY PICKET DEMANDS US CUTS FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT TO HONDURAS DICTATORSHIP

akwesasnecounterspin wrote 4 months ago: [See photos on flickr or view photo slideshow from the emergency solidarity picket in London along w … more →

Tags: English, International solidarity, International coverage, Honduras, coup, Protest, Rally, Foreign Policy, Solidarity

Achievement gap still splits white, black students

akamine2525 wrote 4 months ago: Despite unprecedented efforts to improve minority achievement in the past decade, the gap between bl … more →

Tags: Education, African-American, white students, Public Education, Minorities, reading scores, math scores, Black Children, poverty

New McKnight Focus: Literacy By Third Grade

MCF Webmaster wrote 5 months ago: The McKnight Foundation has announced a new focus on building literacy rates of Twin Cities children … more →

Tags: Children, Education, Youth, the mcknight foundation, Early Literacy, Minnesota, high school graduation rates and literacy, Asian Students, Hispanic students

School's Out For The Summer...Not Really

Kyle wrote 5 months ago: As part of CNN’s Black in America: The Sequel, they profile efforts in the Deep South to keep … more →

Tags: Education, media, CNN, Nea, Wall Street Journal

Special Education Follow-Up 1 comment

risingsouth wrote 5 months ago: We received an excellent comment to our previous post and we wanted our reply to be a follow-up post … more →

Tags: Rising South Academy, Education - General, Louisiana, Education, Middle School, Special Education, marva collins, Racial Profiling, African American Students

What is the deal with Special Education?2 comments

risingsouth wrote 5 months ago: The first statement I will make on this topic is also a policy of our school: Rising South Academy w … more →

Tags: Rising South Academy, Education - General, Special Education, African American Education, marva collins, Jawanza Kunjufu, chicago public schools, IEP, Gifted and Talented

Boredom and Teacher Apathy

mhenry112 wrote 7 months ago: Re: 47% of Black and Hispanic children report boredom as their reason for dropping out of highschool … more →

Tags: Michelle Henry, Bored?, boredom, CNN, FoxNew, GAP, drop out, teachers failing, Mary Fraisier

Black males are struggling at HBCUs4 comments

ladyrayne wrote 8 months ago: According to an Associated Press analysis of government data 37 percent of black students graduate f … more →

Tags: HBCU, College, Black Males, Spelman College, Howard University, Morehouse College, Graduation Rates

Fighting For The Right To Segregate4 comments

Adrian MacNair wrote 8 months ago: The country’s first “Africentric” school is closer to realization in Toronto after … more →

Tags: Canada, Toronto, africentric school

"Obama Effect" raises black test scores?!?!

glciii wrote 10 months ago: Researchers have documented what they call an Obama effect, showing that a performance gap between A … more →

Tags: African-American, Barack Obama, Education, Self Esteem, OBAMA EFFECT, black americans and Barack Obama, black test scores, self esteem of African Americans

Your Black Education: Upcoming Conference To Confront Challenges In Black Education

T O wrote 11 months ago: The Conference on Research Directions is a biannual event that will be held at the beautiful Hilton … more →

Tags: African American Bloggers, Black Bloggers, Black Social Commentary, Black News, Your Black World, Black Children, your black education, Dr. Janice Hale, Janice Hale


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