Atlanta — African American students who attend HBCUs do better in both math an technology according to a recent report. BlackWeb 2.0 reports: On Monday, The Commission released its annual briefing report on The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers. The […]
MONTREAL — A teacher in Montreal has been suspended for giving her students a sexually explicit multiple choice test which had questions on the penis size of Black people and homosexual encounters. Vancouver 24/7 reports: A teacher has been suspended after she gave her Grade 8 students a sexually-explicit multiple-choice test that included questions about […]
Two years after its cancellation, “The Wire” has been given the respect given to authors like Dickens and Shakespeare, Hemingway or Langston Hughes. It has been given its own class at Harvard. Not only has it been given an undergraduate class at Harvard, but in this spring, “The Wire” will be taught at Harvard Law […]
CLEVELAND, OH – Cleveland School District officials are acting fast after receiving word that one of its school buildings was not safe. To ensure the safety of students and staff at Paul Laurence Dunbar, Cleveland Metropolitan School District administrators announced Thursday that they will close the building located at 3805 Terrett Avenue and will begin the process […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio teacher accused of burning the mark of a cross on students’ arms says he dropped a lawsuit over his possible firing because it would have interfered with a public airing of his complaint in a different venue. The school board in Mount Vernon, Ohio, moved to fire middle school science […]
A new study details how African American boys are suspended at double and triple the rates of their white male peers. English language learners who, for years, remain in separate classes, are falling behind their peers and scoring poorly on standardized tests. Disabled students and those with illnesses are also discriminated against because of their […]
Donald Wood, an algebra teacher at McGavock High School in Nashville, Tennessee had a nervous breakdown in which he threw desks and chairs, caught on tape by a student. No one is sure what provoked the meltdown and Wood is currently on administrative leave after being hospitalized after the incident. In the video Wood also […]
NEWARK, N.J. – Two weeks after Newark schools received a $100 million donation from the founder of Facebook, students in one high school there used the social networking site to stage a protest. On Thursday, students at Barringer High School in Newark walked out of class in protest, saying their school is unsafe and unsanitary. […]
11Alive Atlanta is reporting on a family that has removed their son from a school after he came home wearing a hat that eerily resembled the garb of the Ku Klux Klan. A first-grade art project has two parents so upset that they are moving their son to another school in another city. On Monday […]
Color Lines is reporting on a new law that would allow the state to prosecute parents who’s children skip school in California. Last Thursday California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 1317, a new statewide anti-truancy bill that officials hope will curb chronic absenteeism in elementary and middle school students. The new law will go into […]
Michelle Rhee a featured player in the new documentary “Waiting for Superman” discusses the movie, charter schools, school vouchers and are D.C. public schools good enough for high profile politicians’ children. Should school vouchers be made available if a student is not selected to attend a charter school? WATCH: Michelle Rhee Discusses “Waiting for Superman,” […]
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Secretary Of Education, Arne Duncan gave a speech in Chicago where he claimed that Martin Luther King would be upset at the education system if he were alive today. In a speech in Chicago Saturday, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan said if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
