By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist For 50 years Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) has been the primary...
(CBS News) – Common Core federal education standards are riling the conservative base, and as the 2016 Republican presidential field takes shape, the standards — seen by...
There is nothing that has more impact than giving back to the community that you have come from. Whether you are an athlete or an entertainer,...
(Politico) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts his education reform agenda as one of his greatest achievements as he campaigns for reelection. It may also...
(Politico) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts his education reform agenda as one of his greatest achievements as he campaigns for reelection. It may also...
By Cathy Cockrell, UC Berkeley News As #BlackLivesMatter protests erupted and spread across the country late last year — everywhere from Ferguson, Missouri, to Sproul Plaza...
By LeConté J. Dill NNPA Guest Columnist Nearly 40 years ago, a metaphor or fable, if you will, about “upstream-downstream” was created by healthcare...
By LeConté J. Dill NNPA Guest Columnist Nearly 40 years ago, a metaphor or fable, if you will, about “upstream-downstream” was created by healthcare...
One of the five schools that Oakland Unified School District plans to totally transform is McClymonds High School in West Oakland, where many in the school...
By Kimberly Mayfield-Lynch and Kitty Kelly Epstein American schools need Black teachers. There is considerable documented evidence that Black students do better when they have...
On a school campus, seventy percent of students are detached from society and instead have become inseparable to their mobile devices. Their attention span is shortening...
By Opal Tometi, executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Reprinted from Huffington Post Everyone knows that...
Granny, who is God? In her illustrated multicultural children’s book, author Carmen Bogan entertains this question that has probably lingered in the minds of most...
By Quiana Lewis (Quiana Lewis joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2014 as a program associate, working to build a Culture of Health by...
Sonya Eskridge Special to the NNPA from the CHICAGO DEFENDER (NNPA)—Black female students are facing two huge institutional challenges as racism and sexism converge in...
By Cathy Cockrell, UC Berkeley News After transferring to Berkeley in his early 30s, Danny Murillo did a research project on suspension practices in the public...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned...
On February 13, the Stockton Thunder will host Space Night for the community including a Special Pre-Game presentation and the chance to meet former NASA astronaut...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Sam Cooke’s early 1960s pop tune, “Don’t Know Much About History,” was a big hit on the charts. Unfortunately,...
“We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back,” said Dr. Martin...
Sam Ford, ABC 7 – WJLA WASHINGTON (WJLA.com) – Parents are furious over what they’re calling a sudden surge in teachers resigning or being fired...
“In the last 11 years, we have received a tremendous response from young members who have exhibited a commitment to academic excellence and community service. We...
Harold Berlak devoted his professional life to combating crazy ideas about education. He held a doctorate from Harvard, lived in Oakland and worked with the National...
The Oakland Unified School District’s three new school board members and newly hired superintendent have taken their positions just as two of the district’s most protracted...
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