Jennifer Harris Selected as 2018 Heroes for Children Award Recipient
EAST TEXAS REVIEW — Jennifer Harris, Senior Vice President at Texas Bank and Trust and a community volunteer, has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 Heroes for Children Award for District 9 from the State Board of Education. Harris is one of only 15 awardees statewide who will be given such honor by the State Board of Education (SBOE). Awardees will receive a plaque and a resolution at the State Board of Education board meeting on September 14, 2018.
read more
History at Harvard: Four Black Women Head Colleges
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — When Harvard University students arrive for classes Aug. 15, they will return to history in the making: for the first time in the Ivy League school’s history, four of its colleges will be headed simultaneously by African-American women.
read more
Black Arts Fest MKE Welcomes the UW-Milwaukee Educational Experience
MILWAUKEE COURIER — Black Arts Fest MKE and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) are pleased to announce a partnership that will provide educational exposure for festival attendees. Black Arts Fest MKE will be held on Saturday, August 4 and is open from noon until midnight. The festival is at Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest grounds)
read more
Hampton Educators Learn Details of 1619 African Arrival
NEW JOURNAL AND GUIDE — Thirty Hampton City Schools educators spent mornings July 23-26 learning the details regarding the first African Arrival in English North America from subject matter experts.
read more
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Announces The Eight Recipients Of The Homecoming Scholars Award For The 2018-2019 Academic Year Through Her BeyGOOD Initiative
THE CHRONICLE — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announces the eight recipients of the Homecoming Scholars Award for the 2018-2019 academic year.
read more
Milwaukee Education Partnership Celebrates New Racine and Milwaukee Public School Superintendents
The Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP) held a special reception to welcome the new Superintendents for Racine Unified School and Milwaukee Public School Districts….
read more
Hip-hop Icon MC Lyte Talks about her Role as National Spox for the NNPA’s Discover The Unexpected HBCU Journalism Program
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — Hip-hop pioneer MC Lyte is the national spokesperson for the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Discover The Unexpected (DTU) Journalism Fellowship program. Her passion about education and her desire to create opportunities for HBCU students are two of the many reasons she partnered …
read more
Former Houston Texans Player Devard Darling Awards $10,000 in Scholarships to Fort Bend ISD Students
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Former Houston Texans player and FBISD Alumni Devard Darling recently awarded college scholarships to deserving students through his As One Foundation.
read more
Teacher warns HISD could lower teachers’ expected salaries during upcoming year
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Is cash-strapped HISD decreasing teacher salaries for the upcoming school year? That’s that claim one teacher is making in a viral Facebook post that’s racked up more than 18,000 views and 700 shares.
read more
Community and school step up to support teen denied Kalamazoo Promise scholarship for being homeless
CHICAGO CRUSADER — A Kalamazoo teen who learned just before graduation that she wouldn’t be eligible for the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship is getting some support today.
read more
Why I Chose to be the Mentor for the NNPA’s Discover the Unexpected Journalism Fellowship Program
When I was a little girl I wanted two things: a pair of magic earrings, identical to the ones in my favorite cartoon, and to be a Fairy Princess Ballerina Astronaut
read more
Parents’ Day: Helping Parents Work, So Children Can Succeed
MILWAUKEE COURIER — This past Mother’s Day about $1.9 billion dollars’ worth of flowers and $2.2 billion dollars in ties and other clothing items were spent to purchase gifts on Father’s Day. So, why is it that Parents’ Day, held on the fourth Sunday in July, usually passes without anyone noticing?
read more
COMMENTARY: You Don’t Have to Break the Bank to Give Back to HBCUs
AFRO NEWSPAPER — Earlier this year, a man named Jack Weldon Patrick passed away in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. A long-time lawyer, Patrick was remembered as a family man, an advocate for social justice, and a respected community leader.
read more
Summer Reading Programs Coming To An End, But It Doesn’t Stop There
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — South Carolina Reading Partners in two weeks will wind up its summer reading program at Charleston’s Arthur Christopher Gymnasium after having spent the past month helping participants in the gym’s annual “Jump To It” summer camp prevent ‘Summer Slide’ reading skills loss. The program ends July 26. A second site at Hunley Park Elementary School in North Charleston began June 11 and ends July 19.
read more
Common adopts an NYC classroom, presents $10k to school
AMSTERDAM NEWS — Grammy winning recording-artist and Oscar winning actor, Common, took a break from his busy schedule to surprise the students of PS 111 in New York City.
read more
Most Teens Won’t Have Jobs This Summer, Study Finds
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The proportion of teenagers in the U.S. summer labor force declined for two decades while the number of legal and illegal immigrants holding a job has more than doubled, a new report from Center for Immigration Studies states.
read more
NNPA ESSA Educator Spotlight: Millennial Jarren Small Brings Innovation to Education with “LegendsDoLive”
Jarren Small, a 28 year-old, Missouri City native and community activist, launched LegendsDoLive, in an effort to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged youth.
read more
HISD thanks Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority for Harvey efforts
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — During Houston’s time of devastation, Alpha Kappa Alpha — one of the oldest African-American and Greek letter organizations — provided thousands of dollars in donations, as well as clothes, shoes, nonperishable food items, toiletries, and school supplies that were distributed districtwide to those impacted by the storm.
read more
NNPA, New Journal and Guide Host National Black Parents’ Town Hall in Norfolk
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) recently hosted its second National Black Parents’ Town Hall Meeting on Educational Excellence at the Gethsemane Community Fellowship Church in Norfolk, Va.
read more
OPINION: We Must Reform Obama’s School Discipline Policies for the Safety of Our Children
…in 2014, the Departments of Education and Justice put public schools on notice. If they suspended or expelled students of any racial group more than any other, they could face a federal investigation. In place of discipline to punish bad behavior, they were urged to use positive reinforcement instead.
read more
Trident Technical College Summer Camps Open For Ages 7-17
THE CHRONICLE — Trident Technical College’s summer camp programs are designed to help campers develop and expand their interests, stimulate creativity, make new friends and most important, have fun learning.
read more