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Maximizing collegiate success for African-American men
Jason Dorsette is making an impact in everything he touches, from leading the NCCU Graduate Student Assoc., to building through Habitat for Humanity, to leading a university initiative to cultivate young men for collegiate success.
For the past few years, several colleges have developed leadership groups and activities specifically for minority males and now we can [...]
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D.C. High School Where Everyone Goes to College
Charter School in One of City’s Toughest Neighborhoods Beats the Odds One Graduate at a Time.
Over the last five years, Thurgood Marshall Academy, a charter high school in one of Washington D.C.’s toughest neighborhoods, has consistently sent 100 percent of its seniors to college – many of them on full scholarships.
Josh Kern, who started the [...]
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LA teacher makes algebra cool with a hip-hop beat
LOS ANGELES (AP) - LaMar Queen, 26, is now known at Los Angeles Academy as the rap teacher, but his fame has spread beyond the school's gritty neighborhood...
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LA teacher makes algebra cool with a hip-hop beat
LA middle school teacher, LaMar Queen, uses rhyme to help students memorize seemingly complicated algebra and in the process improve their grades.
Queen, 26, is now known at Los Angeles Academy as the rap teacher, but his fame has spread far beyond the 2,200-student school in this gritty neighborhood. He’s won a national award and shows [...]
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New evidence of SAT race bias
The Harvard Educational Review takes a closer look.
Roy Freedle is 76 now, with a research psychologist’s innate patience. He knows that decades often pass before valid ideas take root. When the notion is as radical as his, that the SAT is racially biased, an even longer wait might be expected. But after 23 years the [...]
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Ministers fill a spiritual void for people in need
Posted On 19 Jun 2010 By MyBlackNewsAdmin. Under *Latest News, Black Community, Business News, Education, Entertainment, Government and Politics, Opinions and Blogs, Religion, World News.
Dear to whom it may concern We would like to know if you could help us get our story made into a movie if you would direct us to a movie producer. Human Beings need help for our natural bodies to live and function properly, people also have spiritual needs ... Read More
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Unemployment rate falls in 37 states in May
WASHINGTON (AP) - A majority of states saw their unemployment rates drop in May, but the widespread declines were mainly because people gave up work searches...
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Black Colleges and Universities Fare Well in Washington Monthly’s College Rankings
Morehouse College in Atlanta sits in the 14th position, ahead of such schools as Middlebury, Vassar, Oberlin, and Pomona. Spelman College ranks in 21st place in the Washington Monthly list.
The magazine Washington Monthly has released its new rankings of liberal arts colleges and universities. The magazine’s rankings are markedly different from those compiled by other [...]
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Hundreds recognized at Black Scholars ceremony for high school students
For the past 24 years the Black Scholars Community Partnership Initiative has been recognizing outstanding achievement.
The ceremony took place in the Reid Castle at Manhattanville College. Each year, the Black Scholars reaches out to high schools across the county, letting qualifying students know about the program. Around 450 students were honored by the group this [...]
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Fathers take stand for education
The group, called Project Future for 2010 and Beyond, will meet regularly withe the schools superintendent every three weeks to share information.
Osiris Harrell, an outspoken activist at School Board meetings, has organized a new group of black fathers who are determined to change how their children are treated in the school system so that their stories [...]
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