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Does Hardening Schools Make Students Safer?

The first real possibility for federal firearms legislation in decades has been sketched out by a bipartisan group of senators. It comes in the wake of the May 23, 2022, school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which an 18-year-old gunman

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How Real Is ‘Abbott Elementary?’ Former Philadelphia School Teacher Weighs In

ABC’s mockumentary “Abbott Elementary” follows a group of dedicated teachers who work at a Philadelphia school. The show takes a comedic approach toward issues in inner city schools. Here, Lynnette Mawhinney, a former Philadelphia schoolteacher who is now an associate

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Man Becomes 1st Lawyer in His Family After His Teachers Said He Was a Special-Ed Student

Ray Curtis Petty Jr., who is from Albany, Georgia, has successfully become the first lawyer in his family after overcoming several doubts and obstacles. A YouTube video showing his mother’s reaction to him passing the bar exam has since gone

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Black Educator From Maryland Wins $1M Global Teacher Prize

Keishia Thorpe, a high school teacher from PG County, Maryland, is the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize in 2021 mainly for her work in opening up college education for students who are underprivileged. The award was given

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It Had Better Be a Hoax – A Candid Talk About Acceptable Behavior

I love teaching! When I was eight-years old, my friends were playing “house” and “doctor.” I was in another room with my sister, two younger cousins and any neighborhood child I could round up on our street in Newark, NJ,

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Major Changes Announced to U.S. Department of Education’s Loan Forgiveness Plan

The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday, October 6, announced an overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Education Department officials said they would implement the overhaul over the next year and make the program live up to

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How Public Schools Fail to Recognize Black Prodigies

Editor’s note: Amid numerous articles about how Black students lag behind others in educational achievement, occasionally you may hear about a young Black “prodigy” who got accepted into college at an early age. According to Donna Y. Ford, an education professor at The Ohio State

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HBCU Grad Creates Card Game That Empowers Black & Brown Families to Build Generational Wealth

Baltimore, MD — From a story of power and perseverance comes a game of life and learning. Meet Ruby Taylor, an HBCU graduate from Howard University who is the founder of Legacy! Card Game – a fun, interactive way for black and brown

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NAACP Sues U.S. Education Secretary Over COVID-19 School Money

The coronavirus pandemic has focused the nation’s attention on the essential role public schools play in families and communities’ lives. The NAACP said it’s also exposed severe racial inequalities that continue to plague the country’s education system and disadvantaged students

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Author of Books About Race and Diversity Launches Online Humanity Chats

Ghanaian-American author Marjy Marj (Marjorie Boafo Appiah), who wrote The Shimmigrant and Same Elephants, has launched Humanity Chats – conversations about everyday issues impacting the human race. Airing on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube at 7:00 PM EST on Thurs. Humanity Chats encourages an open

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Microsoft to Partner With Huge HBCU Hiring Event For Software and IT Professionals

HBCU Connect and Microsoft have partnered to offer an amazing opportunity to  software engineering professionals. On February 13th, the two companies will host a special Recruitment and Networking Reception in Dallas, Texas for HBCU grads turned tech professionals interested in

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Boost School Funding – Research Shows That Will Help Low-Income Students

With few exceptions, the various Democratic plans for public education share a common theme: more funding, less privatizing. Candidates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders have promised to dramatically increase or triple current federal funding for low-income students and

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Importance of Educators of Color for Black & Brown Students

I have been a Black student, education policymaker, and now an advocate for providing the best educational opportunities for all our children. One reality that I’ve had to face and embrace through each of these stages in my life and

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Profile in Education Equity: Sharif El-Mekki

El-Mekki is answering his own “nation building” call. In May, he announced that after 11 years as Shoemaker’s principal and 26 years of being inside schools as a teacher or administrator…

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AFT’s Weingarten Slams DeVos’ Sickening Attack on Teachers

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called teachers “bullies” at a right-wing think tank conference.

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Fayetteville State University Education Students Work with Cumberland County Schools Specialists

Cumberland County Schools’ 6-12 Mathematics Curriculum Specialists, Yimiya Pearson and Shonette Simmons, conducted a professional development session for Fayetteville State University (FSU)…

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Education in the Segregated South: A Determined African American Culture

The long struggle over the development of education in the post-bellum South occurred in large part because no dominant class could convince the freed people that its conception of education…

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5 Tips for College Students to Avoid Burnout – Stress-Related State of Exhaustion

Parts of college are simply stressful and difficult. But in the end, graduation from college remains economically beneficial. Additionally, the knowledge and skills you gain while in college…

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The Precarious Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Since 1989, eight historically black colleges and universities have closed because of lost accreditation or bankruptcy. The reasons are myriad, but principally because these institutions no longer command a monopoly…

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Free College Proposals by Some 2020 Presidential Candidates Should Include Private Colleges

Some might argue that making education funding available to private institutions would divert funding from public universities. But respecting student choice might make these programs more popular…

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What We Can Learn from Schools that Educate Military Children

It is not uncommon for military programs to be adopted for use in civilian life. Schools in Virginia Beach, VA, that have some of the highest percentages of military children in the country, are doing an incredible job helping those

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Florida Education Plan Lacking in Both Promise and Practice

How is Florida addressing the needs of its lowest-performing schools under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)? Last year, the Collaborative for Student Success an independent non-profit education advocacy organization, sought to find out. They did so by convening a group

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School Vouchers Expand Despite Evidence of Negative Effects

For the past couple of decades, proponents of vouchers for private schools have been pushing the idea that vouchers work. They assert there is a consensus among researchers…

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‘Women of Color in Tech’ Tour to Showcase Multicultural Women in Technology

Through this partnership, we look forward to highlighting women of color leading in areas of STEM while also discussing important solutions for challenges they face…

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SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Is a Poor Fix for a Problematic Test

The College Board sees a need for an “adversity score” is a tacit admission that the SAT isn’t fair for all students – will the new score capture the challenges

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65 Years After Brown v. Board of Education: ‘It’s Never Going To Be Easy’

Take me back to your high school in 1951 – In May 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

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invest equitably, in our public schools and end discriminatory practices that exclude low-income and minority families, and prioritize programs that promote diversity

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Brown v. Board of Education and Modern-Day Segregation

We need to invest equitably, in our public schools and end discriminatory practices that exclude low-income and minority families, and prioritize programs that promote diversity

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Houston High School Has First Black Valedictorian in 119-Year History

According to a local CBS station, Kellin McGowan is the first black student to receive the academic honor at the all-boys college preparatory school…

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Virginia Educator Wins 2019 National Teacher of the Year

A positive school culture by empowering his students – many of whom have experienced trauma – to become civically-minded social advocates…

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Announcement of New Federal Scholarship for K-12

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act, individuals, married couples, and businesses can invest their tax dollars in a K-12…

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Literacy Program Press Conference with NFL, MLB, NBA Players and R&B Artist

DuBois Integrity Academy (DIA) is proud to announce an educational partnership with Tyrell Zimmerman and the “Tyrell Zimmerman Mental Health & Wellness through Literacy Program.”

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Link Between Aggressive Policing and Lower Educational Attainment by African American Youth

New study – The “Broken Windows” theory of policing, applied in New York and other major American cities since the early ‘90s, has been credited…

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We Need More Teachers of Color, but Tests Keep Them out of the Classroom?

Students of color seldom see teachers who look like them. This is because many aspiring teachers of color are pushed out of the profession…

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Proposal to Offer Federal Tax Credit for Contributions to Private Schools

DeVos’s latest attack on public schools came a day after the New York Timespublished a report that found an eye-popping $23 billion disparity between white and nonwhite school districts.

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Demystifying Student Performance Via Parental Engagement

Although parental engagement has a strong correlation to student academic performance and achievement, why is it that African American parents appear disproportionately…

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Memphis-Area School District: Students Need Representation on School Board

The Shelby County Schools’ website, the district serves more than 100,000 students in 200 schools. However, there is no collective representation…

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It’s Time to Stop Marginalizing African Americans in Public Higher Education

The same states where African Americans are underrepresented in selective public colleges are also underfunding the open-access colleges that African Americans attend.

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Bennett College Raises $8.2 Million to Keep Accreditation

In a dramatic announcement on Monday, Feb. 4, Bennett College’s Phyllis Worthy Dawkins said she was confident that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges…

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A Dream Deferred — Is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Just Another Elusive Dream?

Parents must get engaged to hold legislators and educators accountable for their ESSA State Plans. Parents must also hold themselves accountable in prioritizing…

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For Black Children, Attending School Is an Act of Racial Justice

In the 2015-16 school year, Black boys made up 8 percent of public school enrollment, but they were 25 percent of the boys suspended out of school.

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What More Can Be Done Under ESSA to Support Highly Qualified Teachers

Teacher concerns transformed into organized protests when, in early 2018, the West Virginia teacher’s strike made headlines, lasting over 2 weeks.

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Black Students in Youngstown City School District Targeted for Failure by State

We are trying to make the community aware of this disparity which is why we are presenting it, said George Freeman, NAACP President. “It took a while to ferret out the details.

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EDUCATOR SPOTLIGHT: Rebecca Francis

Francis has visited over 25 high-performing schools across the nation to learn what it takes to make award-winning, high-quality public charter schools.

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HBCU Music Departments Benefit from NEA Funded Arts Program

These NEA-supported projects, such as this one with CAAPA, are good examples of how the arts build stronger and more vibrant communities, improve well-being.

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February is African American History Month, and New Hanover County Schools plans to celebrate with a variety of events that are educational, inspirational and fun. 

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New Hanover County Schools Celebrates African American History Month  

February is African American History Month, and New Hanover County Schools plans to celebrate with a variety of events that are educational, inspirational and fun. 

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Emerging Leaders Program Strengthens Writing, Speaking, and Critical Thinking Skills

This program strengthens students’ core writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills. Emerging Leaders are engaged in unique learning opportunities.

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GOP Higher Education Bill Reauthorization: More Rogue For-Profit Colleges and Private Lenders

AFT President Randi Weingarten and United University Professions President Frederick Kowal issued the following statement condemning House Republicans’ plan to reauthorize the Higher Education Act …

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Report: HBCUs Generate $14.8 Billion in Economic Impact

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) generate $14.8 billion in economic impact annually, which is equivalent to a ranking in the top 200 on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations …

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How the Tax Package Would Slam Higher Ed

All told, the changes proposed by House Republicans would require Americans to spend US$65 billion more to get a higher education in 2027 versus 2018 by increasing costs for both students and universities …

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