Texas – Ashley Brown, 16, and Alicia Bonura, 18, both of Beaumont, Texas, died March 29, 2006. They were on a bus carrying their West Brook High School soccer team when it overturned near Devers, Texas, on its way to a playoff game in Humble.
Atlanta — African American students who attend HBCUs do better in both math an technology according to a recent report. BlackWeb 2.0 reports: On Monday,…
VIA: WUSA9.com Singer, actor and activist John Legend recently visited Howard University in Washington, DC. During his visit Legend spoke with students, urging them to become teachers. Legend told the students that education was the civil rights movement of his generation. The Grammy-award winning singer, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, says too many […]
VIA NEW YORK TIMES A new report to be released on Tuesday show that black student’ proficiency in core subjects is worse than people realize. According to the study, only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38 percent of white boys, and only 12 percent of black eighth-grade boys […]
Vote here and learn more. Goals • Personal and community-based goal-setting through simulated labs • Develop personal action plans upon graduation from Kappa Kamp • Learn how to collaboratively strengthen communities through service • Provide opportunities for utilization of skills learned in Kappa Kamp • Complete a community service project within a year of graduation […]
‘Meet The Press’ – NBC’s devoted a week-long focus to the Nation’s Education system. “Education Nation” takes an in-depth look at reforming our education system. What’s at the heart of the problem in our nation’s public schools? What reforms are working and how can those solutions be part of a national model? An exclusive conversation […]
VIA Charlotte Observer A lot of people talk about what’s wrong with today’s youth, but Ron Leeper is doing something about it. The d Charlotte builder created the Emerging Leaders Institute to boost graduation rates, inspire students to attend college, and push them to be more well-rounded citizens. The program is supported by business and […]
HAMPTON, VA. — The federal government has awarded $5.3 million to Hampton University to buy equipment and make other improvements. Hampton University President William R.…
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — The last time Camille and Jason Hammond saw President Barack Obama it was on a JumboTron as they shivered in the…
Historically underrepresented groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans are eligible for millions of dollars in grants. Of particular note are those fields that have been traditionally lacking diversity, such as the sciences and business.
In America, race and class are inextricably linked. Whether by chance, or more likely, by purpose, that is the reality that we must live with. Most of the children who attend New York’s Lower Laboratory School for Gifted Education and Straus School, and their parents, know this all too well.
From The Grio: Today President Barack Obama signs the Health care and Education Reconciliation Act on 2010 into law. No one has missed the health…
