LOS ANGELES – The class of eighth graders at a Los Angeles middle school tap their rulers and nod their heads to the rhythm of the rap video projected on a screen. It’s not Snoop Dogg or Jay-Z. It’s their math teacher, LaMar Queen, using rhyme to help them memorize seemingly complicated algebra and in […]
Via: WBAL-TV After receiving word of the George Washington Elementary School principal losing her professional license over test tampering found within students’ test booklets, parents are not happy and feel cheated. “It’s deceiving and I feel cheated,” said Linda Thompson who has a child who attends a local National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. The […]
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) 1875 – Born July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina. 1904 – Mary McLeod Bethune biography: Mary Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls in 1904, as well as a notable speaker on subjects of child welfare, education, and home ownership. Oct 3, 1904 – On October […]
From ABC11.com: RALEIGH (WTVD) — The North Carolina NAACP said Tuesday it plans a “Mass Meeting” on Tuesday May 17 at 7 p.m. at the Martin Street Baptist Church.
asim_reed_headshot” width=”819″ height=”546″ /> FAIRFAX, Va., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) today announced that 75 Gates Millennium Scholars from Atlanta and surrounding counties in Georgia will be recognized at a reception hosted by The Honorable Kasim Reed, at Atlanta’s City Hall, Thursday, May 13. These students are a part of […]
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — The last time Camille and Jason Hammond saw President Barack Obama it was on a JumboTron as they shivered in the cold along with hosts of others at his inauguration. It was cold again on Sunday, but this time they didn’t have to rely on a TV, as Obama gave the […]
From CBSNews.com: (CBS) President Obama delivered the commencement address today at Virginia’s Hampton University – his first as president to a predominantly African-American school.
Education activists, and indeed anyone with a stake in the future of Black children, must remain vigilant and vocal when it comes to the re-segregation of American schools.While children of different races are not “officially” separated by law, there are many practices and policies in existence that allow “white” or “Black” schools to develop. As […]
