National
Economists are warning that a recession now would be far worse than the recession that ended in 2007. Today the economy has 5 percent fewer jobs, and the unemployment rate has almost doubled since the inset of the last recession. The NewYorkTimes.com reports: “It would be disastrous if we entered into a recession at this […]
Economists are warning that a recession now would be far worse than the recession that ended in 2007. Today the economy has 5 percent fewer jobs, and the unemployment rate has almost doubled since the onset of the last recession. The NewYorkTimes.com reports: “It would be disastrous if we entered into a recession at this […]
WASHINGTON-Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a break from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law. Critics say the benchmarks are unrealistic and brand schools as failures even if they make progress. Schools and districts where too few kids pass the […]
WASHINGTON-Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a break from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law. Critics say the benchmarks are unrealistic and brand schools as failures even if they make progress. Schools and districts where too few kids pass the […]
Video has been released of the killing of James Craig Anderson, a 49-year-old auto plant worker, who was killed by a group of white men. One of the teens involved said “let’s go f**k with some n****,” before the incident began, according to police. The group then proceeded to beat Anderson and run him over […]
New surveys conducted by Askmen.com and Cosmopolitan reveal some surprising differences in men and women’s attitudes about money. According to the surveys, more women than men believe women put too much value on a man’s finances. A large majority of men have a plan for retirement as compared to their female counterparts. While most men and […]
After school and teacher cheating was discovered in Atlanta and later Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, more cheating on standardized tests have been discovered. The Huffington Post reports: On a national level, the cheating story cuts to the heart of a major education policy debate over accountability. The Atlanta report’s conclusion that cheating resulted from a […]
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) launched a “For the People” Jobs Initiative Monday, including nationwide job fairs and town hall meetings in response to alarmingly high unemployment rates in Black America. A job fair and town hall at Cleveland State University in Ohio will be the first part of the CBC’s iniative. TheGrio.com reports: “Recently, […]
Many African-American students perform poorly on standardized tests because they fear incorrect answers will confirm negative stereotypes about their race, a study by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education reported this week. A study of two groups of students indicated that those who were introduced to “Sterotype threat” prior to an exam, performed worse […]
CINCINNATI — Everette Howard, a student from Cincinnati was killed at the University Of Cincinati by campus police who used a taser on him after a confrontation. WLWT Cincinnati reports: Everette Howard, 18, died early Saturday morning. Friends said Howard was trying to break up a fight in front of Turner Hall when campus police […]