School

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January 14, 2010
From NYTimes.com Until 1923, the only school in the largely black farm settlement of Pine Grove was the one hand-built
January 12, 2010
OPINION - California has the right idea when it comes to ending its prison boom and investing more in its…
December 30, 2009
VIDEO - It's called the 'Teachermate' reading and math lessons all crammed into a little device...
December 18, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) - A private middle school in inner city Atlanta has received $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey...
December 16, 2009
OPINION - During the civil rights movement, black students required military escorts just to go to school. Back then, the…
December 2, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --The NAACP has filed a federal complaint against an eastern North Carolina public school system. The organization…
December 1, 2009
VIDEO - A young girl was picked up from school by a woman she didn't know. Her mother had no…
November 25, 2009
VIDEO - Kids are putting down their pencils and grabbing the mic, and it's boosting their test scores...
November 12, 2009
VIDEO - Garyville, Louisiana man calls himself the "Chocolate Santa," but he's considering a name change after some recent serious…
October 26, 2009
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) -- Madonna is marking the start of construction at her school for girls in Malawi...
October 23, 2009
VIDEO - A Colorado elementary school employee has been placed on leave after allegedly taping a child's wrists and mouth...
October 22, 2009
VIDEO - There are new recommendations on how the nation's schools can make breakfast and lunch programs more nutritious...
October 21, 2009
VIDEO -- While many of his classmates sent their Flat Stanleys to vacation spots, Savion Mathis had more ambitious plans:…
October 21, 2009
OPINION - Rogue medical trials are rooted in black social memory in this country, so I believe it's healthy to…
October 16, 2009
OPINION - Perhaps our churches can take a page out of the churches that used their facilities as schools for…
October 14, 2009
VIDEO - In an age where technology is so much a part of our lives, many say the U.S. education…
October 13, 2009
OPINION - Much political hay has been made over the video of the New Jersey school children singing about President…
October 13, 2009
OPINION - African-American youth are not receiving the tools to critically analyze the information and media messages with which they…
October 6, 2009
VIDEO - The 'Knowledge is Power Program,' KIPP for short, serves 20,000 K through 12th grade students in 82 public…
October 2, 2009
BOSTON (AP) - Wyclef Jean is going back to school to earn a degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music.