This story was originally published by the American Educational Research Association. Latino children are likely to enter elementary schools this year with fewer white peers than a generation...
This Youth Generation (TYG), a non-profit headquartered in Fairfield sent a dozen students to camp in LaHonda this weekend. The group of boys and girls aged...
Making Waves Foundation, which supports Making Waves Academy, a public charter school in Richmond serving students from grades 5 through 12, has appointed a new CEO,...
Uncovering the truth and employing love as an antidote to today’s woes were among the points made by Dr. Cornel West in a wide-ranging talk on...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Every Fourth of July celebrates this nation’s founding. But this year, only a few days before the annual freedom celebration, an ill-advised governmental action...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — here’s still three weeks before school starts in Memphis, but on a recent afternoon, the parking lot at Hickory Ridge Middle School...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Board of Trustees of Miles College on Thursday announced that retired Alabama Power Executive Bobbie Knight will serve as the college’s Interim President....
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says students of color with disabilities are disciplined more harshly than their peers. It urges President Donald...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Howard University Bison STEM Scholars Program welcomes its third group of incoming freshmen for a multi-year program that provides the high-achievers full undergraduate...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Over the years, thousands of students have attended Audubon Middle School & Gifted Magnet (AMS) and have become successful individuals. This is a...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Memphis has announced that alumnus Gary W. Bryant and his wife have pledged $13 million to boost the school’s athletic department by...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — San Bernardino – The non-profit BLU Educational Foundation is seeking applicants for several positions including college prep advisors, college success advisors (student positions),...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — The University of California Digital Library has terminated journal renewal negotiations with Elsevier, requesting the cancellation of campus access to over 2,500 of...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Over the past few weeks, there has been an extensive debate about the merits of the Birmingham Promise Initiative, a new program proposed by...
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — A unique program in Virginia Beach public schools includes 28 Military Family Life Counselors, who work closely with schools’ staff and...
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — Three-quarters of the students enrolled in Friendship schools in D.C. are from Wards 7 and 8, the city’s two poorest areas,...
NNPA ESSA MEDIA CAMPAIGN — Young knows firsthand the aggravation of dealing with the Oakland school lottery. She also understands the anxiety parents feel not knowing...
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — According to Dr. Rosa Castro Feinberg, who serves on the committee for LULAC Florida, an advocacy group serving all Hispanic nationality...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Lane College President Logan Hampton detailed the State of the College while addressing the Lane College National Alumni Association Annual Meeting in Memphis on...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Like many parents, Pastor James Thomas of the Living Word Community Church, and his wife, Mona, aimed to place their children in...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge asked whether plaintiffs in an ongoing summer school case would want the Maryland Department of Education to...
A total of 14,668 high school students have been offered freshman admission to the University of California, Berkeley, for the 2019-2020 admitted class, 8% more than...
In spring 2017, 57 students in San Francisco State University science courses spent five minutes of class time writing in a journal. Then they spent five...
Holy Names University has announced the appointment of Dr. Sheila Smith McKoy as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. A native of Raleigh, NC, Smith...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Thomas Freeman’s 70-plus year resume includes teaching Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his time at Morehouse, former U.S. Reps. Leland and...
