On May 22, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, pushed an effort to shed light on the performance...
The Board of Education’s Community of Schools Policy calls on us to reimagine our school system to ensure a quality school for all Oakland students. We...
The State Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA, has sent a letter requiring the Oakland Unified School District to deal with an...
For most high school students, their senior year is riddled with challenges. But outside of the demands of homework and having hormones on the fritz, 17-year-old...
Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay off the student loan...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I will work tirelessly to build upon the traditions of the Smithsonian to help America better understand the changing world it faces in...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — This week Republican lawmakers met to discuss education funding for this biennium. According to news outlet Wispolitics.com, the GOP reached a deal to pump...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Grambling, LA – May 9, 2019 – Grambling State University’s Class of 2019 includes three of the schools most historic athletes: Shakyla Hill,...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Drivers don’t speed past Amqui Elementary School in Madison on their way to Gallatin Rd. anymore. Walk Bike Nashville, artist Andee Rudloff,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Championing women of color in technology is one of the most important causes for Walker’s Legacy today,” says Natalie Madeira Cofield, founder and...
THE AFRO — Less than a week after she was endorsed by a group of local residents for the interim title to be removed from her job...
AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWS & ISSUES — Houston Community College (HCC) has named Suzette Brimmer Interim Dean of the Consumer Arts & Sciences Center of Excellence (COE)....
AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWS & ISSUES — Historian and educator Merline Pitre was born on April 10, 1943 in Opelousas, Louisiana to Robert and Florence Pitre. Pitre graduated...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There’s an issue with sustaining Black-owned businesses,” Outgoing 22nd National Iota Phi Lambda President Stephanie Dilworth said. “On June 1, our organizational will...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — The winning students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Youth from six inner-city schools gathered at Los Angeles Trade-Tech College May 18 for the second annual Emerging Leaders Youth Summit as a...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Last Thursday, over 1,000 Metro Nashville Public School teachers called in sick and descended on the courthouse in a march to protest of the...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — As Wisconsin looks to establish a new correctional system for youth, it is incumbent upon us to act with great urgency to respond to...
The Hannah Project and partners are hosting the Marin City Freedom School: Summer CASA 2019. Programming will run June 24-August 2, 2019 and is open to...
THE AFRO — Started in 2017, the Apprenticeship D.C. initiative was designed to offer viable alternative career pathways to traditional four-year colleges. An apprenticeship can run from one...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Morehouse’s graduating class is 400 strong. Smith’s graduation gift is one that will allow graduates of one of the most storied all-male historically...
Dr. Joel Tolbert, Sr., loving husband to Carol Lee Tolbert, former Oakland School Board member, and Founder of Civic Pride, Inc. passed from this life on...
Holy Names University (HNU) commencement speaker Paul Cobb challenged the graduating class to “Just Serve” the community by organizing themselves into a postgraduate network to strategize...
Richard Watson ‘holds down the bass’ beforeheading off to Berklee School of Music Vocal Rush, a five-time national champion a cappella ensemble based out of Oakland...
God on Wall Street In an overwhelming move towards racial justice, the undergraduate student body at Georgetown University voted to pay reparations to the descendants of...
