Education

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May 13, 2010
OPINION - By removing ethnic studies, Arizona spits in the face of the civil rights legacy, and tells people of…
May 12, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - State schools chief Tom Horne said the Tucson school district's Mexican-American studies program teaches Latino students they…
May 11, 2010
From The Philadelphia Inquirer - They didn't plan it this way, but life events brought all three - grandmother, mother,…
May 10, 2010
VIDEO - For some black students, attending elite private schools can mean walking a delicate line between home life and…
May 8, 2010
OPINION - Relative to past presidents, Obama is doing more than others to help these struggling institutions...
May 4, 2010
OPINION - We cannot expect the status quo--which got us to this horrible place--to close the achievement gap and get…
April 29, 2010
OPINION - A fitting tribute for Height would be for all of us in the black community to recommit to…
April 27, 2010
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - Walkouts, organized on Facebook, were reported in southern and central New Jersey, with more planned…
April 22, 2010
VIDEO - The financial meltdown has dealt a painful blow to our nation's schools, and in the coming months, drastic…
April 19, 2010
VIDEO - African-Americans remain one of the most adversely affected cultural groups in society, especially compared to their white counterparts...
April 19, 2010
While budgets need to be balanced, this tendency to cut schools in order to reduce budget deficits creates a concerning…
April 16, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Spelman College will use a $1 million grant to increase the number of engineers who are black…
April 9, 2010
OPINION - True accountability can only emerge when states receive the funds they need to educate young people and not…
April 6, 2010
VIDEO - Only 11 percent of students in the first generation of their families to graduate college successfully complete school,…
April 1, 2010
VIDEO - If unemployment is the next issue on Obama's to-do list, what exactly should he do to create more…
March 30, 2010
Dr. John S. Wilson, a Morehouse and Harvard alum, explains how education reforms Obama signs into law today will directly…
March 29, 2010
OPINION - This initiative would save over $60 billion dollars over 10 years by ending subsidies to commercial and private…
March 29, 2010
SLIDESHOW - From caregivers and laborers to CEOs and scientists, black women have held pivotal leadership roles in building America…
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The legislation will give more needy students access to bigger college Pell Grants and make it easier…
March 25, 2010
OPINION - Although I like to think of education as a tool for personal enrichment, the fact is most people…