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70 CHA college students get tips on how to “Stay the Course”
“The ‘Take Flight College Send Off’ is meant to celebrate CHA residents getting into college. ‘Staying the Course’ is designed…
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PRESS ROOM: U.S. Department of Education Announces Biden-Harris Appointees
The U.S. Department of Education announced senior political appointees who will lead various parts of the agency. These diverse and…
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Hilary Shelton, Washington Bureau Director & Sr. VP of Advocacy & Policy for the NAACP
“We have to fix this system. It’s broken, and some communities still have a system that, if you live in…
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Elizabeth Davis, president of the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU)
"In our students, I have not met a student in my 40 years of teaching that did not have the…
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Interview w/ Dr. Peggy Edwards Jones, principal, Friendship Collegiate Academy Early College Campus
In an interview with NNPA President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Dr. Edwards-Jones relayed what she called her…
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Interview with Peggy Brookins, President & CEO, NBCT
“When we think of what has happened with COVID, we [also] see what has happened to teachers around the country,”…
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Walton Family Foundation invest in Word in Black collaborative for education reporting
“With limited resources, Black publishers have to prioritize coverage issues each and every day,” said Nick Charles, project manager, Word…
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Distance Learning, COVID-19 Pose Challenges to Educators, Administrators and Parents
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The biggest challenge with many of the students of color we serve is engagement. Students are faced…
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OP-ED: A focus on injustice, inequity in public education must drive California’s budget priorities
BLACK VOICE NEWS — This debate won’t wait. As state leaders wrestle with the dire numbers and the potential for…
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Bridging The Black Education Gap
CHICAGO CRUSADER — One of the most lamentable memes that circulates throughout the Black community is the one that says…
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Dr. Ladson-Billings Earns 2020 NNPA Leadership in Education Award
2020 NNPA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS — “We have COVID, we have anti-Black, we have the very tenuous economy and we…
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Amazon to provide computer science education for more than 550,000 K-12 students amid COVID-19 pandemic
ATLANTA VOICE — Amazon’s funding will support more than 1,000 elementary schools and more than 4,000 middle and high schools…
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OP-ED: Black School Leaders Matter
According to the PPI report, seven out of ten surveyed teachers in the U.S. reported they had not been properly…
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OP-ED: What I Learned About Teaching and Learning During the Pandemic
Aside from all the Zoom tools and strategies we had to implement and the numerous learning platforms we had to…
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COMMENTARY: Coronavirus – threat, opportunity or both?
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — We all recognize that schools are special and unique places in our society. It is where…
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AM Wake Up Call Morning Show Owning Our Culture
ROLLING OUT — AM Wake Up Call Morning Show: our hosts discuss renaming predominately black schools after Black History Icons.
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3 Teachers have died of COVID-19 weeks after school re-openings
ROLLING OUT — Since schools have opened in late August and early September, three teachers have died from COVID-19, according to CNN.
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With Help from Apple, Bham City Teacher Prepares for Unprecedented Year
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Birmingham City Schools fourth grade science and social studies teacher Portrice Warren is one of nearly 500…
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Howard University Remembers Chadwick Boseman
THE AFRO — “It was Boseman’s desire to see the students of Howard achieve greatness,” said Howard University President Dr.…
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