14-year-old prodigy turns down Harvard, Yale for HBCU Ural Garrett (Black College Wire) While many 14-year-olds look for ways to spend the summer vacation, Polite Stewart Jr. has made his plans. He will be beginning his freshman year at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. Home schooled by his parents, Ava and Polite Stewart Sr., […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Former president of Mississippi Valley State University, Lester Newman has come up with a plan to help boost enrollment of Black males in college. According to this article, he is suggesting that “…the College Board establish incentives to encourage schools to recruit and graduate more black males in teacher education and work to place quality […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where the idea originated that suggests that the way to improve a historically failing public educational system is to simply feed it more money, I will never know. Before I get to Tim Rutten’s latest article in the LA Times, let me provide some quick historical data on this school system. From Wikipedia~ Los Angeles […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Embracing the Changing Role of Parents: PTA Names First-Ever Male, African-American CEO CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – June 17, 2008) – In a strategic move that symbolizes the vision of the national organization and the changing role of parents, PTA will name its first-ever male, African-American chief executive officer next week in San Diego. Representing a long […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Read how one local school district is trying to work with community leaders to improve the education experience for the kids in their community. >The one thing that I kept noticing that the article repeatedly mentioned “community leaders”, but not the parents.
Entrepreneurs create new jobs for North Carolina Elizabeth City State University Move over Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett – the young entrepreneurs from Elizabeth City State University are coming. A new concentration within ECSU’s Walter R. Davis School of Business and Economics is grooming students to become the next generation of business leaders owning their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A different kind of ‘Morehouse Man’ 2008 valedictorian is white By ERRIN HAINES Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) _ From his first day at Morehouse College — the country’s only institution of higher learning dedicated to the education of black men — Joshua Packwood has been a standout. His popularity got him elected dorm president as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At least that is what Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse believes as reported in the following article. Hoover seen reflecting state in black student suspensions By RACHAEL STERN • CO-EDITOR, HOOVER CHALLENGER Statistics from the Iowa Department of Education released earlier this year told a story familiar to elected officials who are black: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many years ago, before I was married I bought the anniversary collection of Schoolhouse Rock DVDs for nostalgic purposes. Right smack in the middle of watching my usual lineup of Saturday morning cartoons as a child, I fondly remember seeing these short educational clips of cartoons with a catchy tune that to this very day […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Official apologizes for black student meeting on test scores The Associated Press RIO LINDA, Calif.—A Sacramento area school official has issued an apology after an elementary school principal summoned black students to a meeting to urge them to improve their test scores. Gloria Hernandez, educational services director for the Rio Linda School District, said Friday […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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