Opinion
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Black children deserve representation in STEM fields
THE AFRO- In order to increase the pipelines of historically marginalized communities in computer programming, engineering and other emerging fields,…
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Florida is just the latest battlefield in Republicans’ war on education
The Afro- It’s been a few weeks since a mess started boiling over in Florida with the rollout of the…
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Interview with C. Howie Hodges II
Howie Hodges has both corporate and public policy experience as an accomplished financial services executive with over 25 years of…
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COMMENTARY: Ruining Our Schools with Politics!
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — If we continue down this path, we will find our school systems operating at a very…
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COMMENTARY: Student Loan Debt Is Too Damn High, Rashid Davis may have the Answer!
The innovative Pathways in Technology Early College High School or P-TECH is an early college model that spans grades 9…
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Louisiana Takes the “Count” Out of Accountability
NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE — There are something like 420 or so public high schools in Louisiana, and according to current…
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Keeping it Real: Victorville School District Practiced Discriminatory Discipline Against Black Students
BLACK VOICE NEWS — So, 22 years into a new century despite the mandates of the 1964 Civil Rights Act…
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COMMENTARY: MCC Faculty In Renowned Journal
ARIZONA INFORMANT — “Instructor demographics in the United States should reflect student demographics, but they do not,” Professor Andrea Brownlee, an education…
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COMMENTARY: Harvard’s Numbers Show Drop in Black, Latinx Admissions
THE OAKLAND POST — Harvard’s admissions notices went out last week, the numbers reveal not so much a problem with…
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COMMENTARY: Furthering Pathways to Education
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Every year grant and scholarship money is left on the table. One of the reasons is many…
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COMMENTARY: A World Safe for Children in Time of War
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Where could a child possibly be born today to be sure she would be safe? If…
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OP-ED: Powerful Pathways to Education – Infrastructure with Intentionality
Right now, Federal Departments and Agencies are trying to best craft rules for their programs in ways that will have…
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OP-ED: Assemblymember Mia Bonta Says No to Closing Schools, No to Cutting School Resources
OAKLAND POST — We come together today to be reminded of a common condition that we all have, that our…
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Interview with Rey Ramsey, CEO of Centri Capital
Rey Ramsey is a social justice entrepreneur who brings more than three decades of experience as an executive in the…
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Closing the Loss of Learning Reading Gap
OAKLAND POST — The new community-based non-profit, Right Path to Learning, promotes early literacy in these first crucial years while…
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Equitable Value Explorer is a Gamechanger in Understanding Postsecondary Value
The public conversation about the value of a postsecondary education is gaining momentum among policymakers, researchers, and institutional leaders. Central…
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$1.7 trillion student debt drowns HBCU borrowers
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — When median family incomes are compared by race, the ability to finance college education shows stark differences.…
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Change the funding formula from BEP to AEP; then fund schools accordingly
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Many believe that whatever happens, any type of significant changes to our funding formula will…
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OP-ED: Shifts in COVID-Related Public-School Enrollment
A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research details the Pandemic’s effect on public school enrollment and shifts to homeschooling and…
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COMMENTARY: Education, Technology, and Digital Advancement
America has a choice to make. By design or by default, we will decide the contours of our society. Will…
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OP-ED: In the Name of Education
CHICAGO DEFENDER — All the furniture except the tables and chairs were against one wall to make room for social…
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How Dealing with Bullies Can Make Us Better Parents
Treating others with respect and high regard takes empathy and patience. Being able to understand and share the feelings of…
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Interview with Sekou Biddle, Vice President UNCF Advocacy and Student Professional Development
As the pandemic continues to grip America and place a stranglehold on education, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., NNPA President…
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NNPA Education Awareness Program Interview with John King, President and CEO of Education Trust
National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., interviews Dr. John King, President and CEO of…
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The State of Black Education During COVID-19: the Good, the Bad, and the Promising
Black teachers close educational achievement and opportunity gaps, decreasing dropout rates and increasing college enrollment of Black students by more…
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An educator’s view of January’s mayhem
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Literally, at the behest of America’s sitting President, a mob of United States citizens attacked…
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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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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — DR. WAYNE FREDERICK, 17TH PRESIDENT OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY
As the 17th President, Dr. Frederick’s goal is to enhance the Howard University legacy, ensure that the University maximizes its…
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LIVESTREAM — DR. REYNOLD VERRET, PRESIDENT OF XAVIER UNIVERSITY
Dr. Reynold Verret is the sixth president and second lay leader of Xavier University of Louisiana. Of the 107 historically…
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LIVESTREAM — DR. NSENGA BURTON with DR. GLENDA BASKIN GLOVER
LIVESTREAM REPLAY — Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, Ph.D, JD, CPA, is the author of more than one hundred articles and…
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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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Interview with Patricia Edwards, Professor, Michigan State University
“I do think a lot of schools didn’t have good connections with families before COVID,” said Dr. Patricia Edwards, a…
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OP-ED: Advocate for a racial justice agenda at the U.S. Department of Education
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With a new presidential administration, we have an opportunity to begin on the path to a strong…
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OPINION: Black Educators Reject Trump, Call On Biden To Embrace Obama-Era Education Policies
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Amid the systemic injustices perpetrated against Blacks in this country, Joe Biden listed America’s inequitable education system…
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COMMENTARY: Coronavirus – threat, opportunity or both?
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — "There is no denying that virtual technology will continue to play a prominent role in our…
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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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OPINION: Importance of Educators of Color for Black & Brown Students
Ron Rice Jr. is a former two term Newark, NJ city councilman, chief advisor to the New Jersey Department of…
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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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