The teachers and administrators who are alleged to be part of a wide ranging cheating scandal in the Atlanta education system, may have to repay their bonuses. State Rep. Billy Mitchell plans to introduce the bill that would make sure that teachers aren’t “unjustly enriched, while their students are placed in peril.” Read more at […]
Mary Mary has had a big year. The hit singles “Walking” ,” Wave My Flag” and now new single “Survive” are testimony that the team has great staying power and songs that connect. Mary Mary Showcase In NYC: A Taste of “Something Big” [VIDEO] In addition to their hosting duties on “Sunday’s Best” , they […]
Close to 60 percent of junior high school and high school students get suspended or expelled in the state of Texas, according to a new report. The study tracked about 1 million Texas children over a six-year period. “The findings in this report should prompt policymakers in Texas and in states everywhere to ask this […]
Mary Mary has had a big year. The hit singles “Walking” ,” Wave My Flag” and now new single “Survive” are testimony that the team has great staying power and songs that connect. Mary Mary Showcase In NYC: A Taste of “Something Big” [VIDEO] In addition to their hosting duties on “Sunday’s Best” , they were […]
NEW YORK — For weeks the media has been abuzz covering the story of Autum Ashante, a 13-year-old whiz kid who was accepted to the University of Connecticut, but later told by the university that her acceptance had been rescinded. Last week, NewsOne reported that Josephine Minnow, a UConn alumna started a petition to get […]
The nationwide cheating scandal occurring in a multitude of public schools arguably stems from the pressures of the federal “No Child Left Behind” Act. In Atlanta, 178 public school teachers and principals have been accused of cheating to raise scores on state standardized tests. In Washington, D.C. the U.S. Department of Education and the D.C. […]
For the last installment in our interracial dating series, we went to the streets to get folks’ opinions on the perennially charged topic of interracial dating and marriage. In the last part of our series, we ask the question: Who is more adventurous in bed? Are you comfortable dating someone outside your race? Peep the […]
Supermodel Jessica White is launching a cosmetics line for women of color. Though the stunning Sports Illustrated model has had a checkered past (see: drug addiction, sexual abuse, arrests and court dates), she ultimately hopes to encourage other women to be beautiful from the inside out. So will you be buying her Devise Beauty cosmetics? […]
In light of the News Corporation scandal, Rupert Murdoch has been called almost every name in the book. Some have even characterized him as the devil himself. Media outlets, Fox News adversaries and liberal pundits alike have taken advantage of the media tycoon’s tumultuous fall. Certainly, the bias and somewhat racial-innuendo reporting of Murdoch’s Fox […]
