With deadlines to apply for college financial aid fast-approaching, a Richmond program providing free scholarship money and support has launched an aggressive campaign to ensure every...
THE AFRO — Plans are underway to give the Howard Center a much needed makeover, adding available housing to students,
As the school’s leader, she helped raise generations of students for 40 years A memorial will be held for former Oakland Academy Principal Patricia “Ms. Pat”...
The Oakland Unified School District is moving full throttle with the closing of Roots International Academy, even though the proposal has not yet been approved by...
As Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) teachers prepare for a possible strike, many teachers, students, and community members are showing support for their demand to increase...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the IU Public Policy Institute have announced a new research center.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today, in his blessed name, I challenge the youth of America and the youth of the world to rise up, speak out, and...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Things have changed quite a bit since Christopher Reynolds attended Detroit Cass Technical High School 40 years ago.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King’s tragic death here in Memphis on April 4, 1968 came when he was 39. He died as he lived: Absolutely committed...
WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Of the more than 330,000 U.S. students studying abroad, only 6.1 percent are African American.
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The mission of the Sunburst Youth Academy is simple — to intervene in the lives of 16- to 18-year-old youth who are at risk...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Representation is everything, especially in the realm of education.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Data recently released by the Institute of International Education found that less than 30 percent of the 332,727 students who studied abroad in...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — Research leaves no doubt about the magnitude of development in the first five years of life.
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Dr. Learotha Williams, Jr will highlight how the memory of this community resonates among both long-term and recent residents of North Nashville.
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — Kennesaw State University will host a week of activities honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day beginning with a luncheon and keynote address by...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Over the past 14 years, Living Jazz has provided FREE music education to Oakland public elementary schools serving high percentages of...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Lattimore a native of Washington, desires to share music education, resources and knowledge via access to musical training to underprivileged students.
Tony Thurmond was sworn in Monday morning as state superintendent of public instruction at a ceremony attended by several hundred people in the auditorium of C.K....
With gentrification making it increasingly harder to thrive in their hometown, many Oakland youth, in particular, are struggling to see a path to the future. Thousands...
Oakland public school parents were shocked to learn this week that the school district is considering a data-sharing agreement with a charter school industry nonprofit group....
Parents, students and teachers from Roots International Academy at 66th Avenue and International Boulevard in East Oakland turned out for the Oakland Board of Education meeting...
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE — Dr. Donovan L. Thompson was inducted into Georgia Southern University 40 Under 40 Class of 2018.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The inaugural National Medical Fellowships Scholarship in Ophthalmology is awarded to Ja’Qulane Scales of Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC, and...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — A majority of Historically Black College Universities (HBCUS) are located in low-income communities.