by NNPA ESSA | October 22, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, California, commentary, Education, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, K12 Education, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, National, National Allianceof Public Charter Schools, New Jersey, NNPA, nnpaESSA, North Carolina, Opinion, Wisconsin | 0 Comments

NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — This month, my organization, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools released its highly-anticipated report, “Identity and Charter School Leadership: Profiles of Leaders of Color Building an Effective Staff” which examined the ways that school leaders of color’s experiences and perspectives influence how they build school culture, parent and community relationships, and effective staff.

by NNPA ESSA | October 7, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, charter schools, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, K12 Education, National, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, Pennsylvania | 0 Comments

El-Mekki is answering his own “nation building” call. In May, he announced that after 11 years as Shoemaker’s principal and 26 years of being inside schools as a teacher or administrator, he was devoting his full attention and time to launching a new Center for Black Educator Development to help address the urgent need to bring more Black educators into Philadelphia’s classrooms and across the nation. “If I’m going to be serious about trying to change the lives of Black educators and hence the lives of Black children, then it just can’t be my night and weekend job,” he said.

by NNPA ESSA | October 5, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, anti-racism, commentary, DCPS, District of Columbia, District of Columbia Government, Education, ESSA, Featured, Featured, k-12, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, National, Newswire, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA | 0 Comments

In order for education to capitalize on the strengths and talents of learners and the skills and professionalism of their teachers, what kinds of additional progress measures might be employed?

by The Charleston Chronicle | September 21, 2019 | Black Student Union, Black Studies, California, commentary, Education, HBCU, higher education, National, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, The Chronicle | 0 Comments

OUR WEEKLY NEWS — The Black Power movement of the late 1960s helped to redefine African American identity and establish a new racial consciousness. As influential as this period was in the study and enhancement of the African Diaspora, this movement spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies on our college and university campuses.

by NNPA ESSA | July 30, 2019 | District of Columbia, District of Columbia Government, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, K12 Education, NNPA, nnpaESSA, Washington Informer | 1 Comment

WASHINGTON INFORMER — Barry’s program changed the outcome of many teenagers’ lives, allowing them to build a work history that would afford better chances of future employment. I have been able to reap many benefits from my experience as an MBSYEP worker.

by NNPA ESSA | July 29, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, commentary, Education, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, Virginia | 0 Comments

A unique program in Virginia Beach public schools includes 28 Military Family Life Counselors, who work closely with schools’ staff and families to support students. One mother we spoke with, talked about the fears her five-year-old daughter had while her father was deployed.

by NNPA ESSA | July 29, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, Arkansas, charter schools, Collaborative for Student Success, commentary, DCPS, District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, Education, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, Louisiana, Maryland, National, Newswire, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA | 1 Comment

Three-quarters of the students enrolled in Friendship schools in D.C. are from Wards 7 and 8, the city’s two poorest areas, and nearly all are African-American. Their achievement is reflected in their continuous improvement on standardized tests. Most recently, Donald Hense and his team celebrated, when five of Friendship’s 12 D.C. schools were rated Tier 1 by the Public Charter School Board – the highest of three ratings a charter school can earn.

by NNPA ESSA | July 29, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, California, charter schools, Education, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, Newswire, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, Oakland Post | 0 Comments

Young knows firsthand the aggravation of dealing with the Oakland school lottery. She also understands the anxiety parents feel not knowing whether their children will have to enroll in a low-performing neighborhood school should there not be enough seats available at quality schools. Her personal experience led her to organize other parents and teach them how to advocate for their children.

by NNPA ESSA | July 29, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, Betsy DeVos, Collaborative for Student Success, commentary, Education, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, Florida, K12 Education, NNPA, nnpaESSA | 0 Comments

According to Dr. Rosa Castro Feinberg, who serves on the committee for LULAC Florida, an advocacy group serving all Hispanic nationality groups, Florida’s “current plan includes features that contradict common sense, expert opinion, popular will, and the intent of the ESSA. Contrary to the purposes of the ESSA, the Florida plan denies attention to struggling subgroups of students. Without attention, there can be no correction.”

by NNPA ESSA | April 21, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, commentary, DCPS, Education, Featured, Featured, k-12, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, National, Newswire, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, No Child Left Behind | 0 Comments

Well, how can we feel more professional and less like factory workers producing widgets? First, we must clarify our mission. Students are not widgets. There can be no reject bins for human beings with different needs and varied learning intelligence!

by NNPA ESSA | April 21, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, anti-racism, commentary, Education, Featured, Featured, k-12, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, National, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA | 0 Comments

Our perceptions of the value of ourselves and others often determine our treatment of and reactions toward those we view as less than or not as valued. Wars are fought over cultural and religious differences. Regardless of the injury, all people’s blood is red and all of us can hurt or grieve, regardless of color.

by NNPA ESSA | April 21, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, commentary, Education, Featured, Featured, k-12, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, National, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, No Child Left Behind, STEAM, STEM | 0 Comments

…in answer to the question when cultures clash in the classroom, who suffers, we all do! Poorly educated students make for a society that alienates its young, one that is unable to retain skilled and experienced teachers, and a country frustrated with unemployment, under-employment, and an ever-growing culture of violence, fear, and intolerance. Court systems and privatized prisons, along with mortuaries, result when the classrooms act as prep schools for these expensive alternatives.

by NNPA ESSA | April 21, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, District of Columbia, District of Columbia Government, Education, Featured, Featured, k-12, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, Maryland, Newswire, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, Virginia | 0 Comments

NNPA ESSA MEDIA CAMPAIGN —In order for education to capitalize on the strengths and talents of learners and the skills and professionalism of their teachers, what kinds of additional progress measures might be employed?

by NNPA ESSA | April 21, 2019 | Amsterdam News, anti-racism, Discrimination Allegations, Education, k-12, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, New York, NNPA, nnpaESSA | 0 Comments

NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS — A student at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a K-12 private school in the Bronx, announced that he and his parents filed a lawsuit against the institution Monday, April 1, in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, with the demand that the Head of the School Jessica L. Bagby and other administrators resign or be terminated.

by NNPA ESSA | March 6, 2019 | BlackPressUSA.com, commentary, Education, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, k-12, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, National, Newswire, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA | 1 Comment

Although parental engagement has a strong correlation to student academic performance and achievement, why is it that African American parents appear disproportionately less engaged than parents of other races?

by NNPA ESSA | February 23, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, Amsterdam News, commentary, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Featured, Featured, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, New York, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, Opinion | 0 Comments

AMSTERDAM NEWS — If we want to improve education outcomes and strengthen our state, we need to improve our schools and assure that every child has access to a high-quality education, no matter their zip code or the color of their skin.

by NNPA ESSA | February 21, 2019 | #NNPANewswire, Featured, Featured, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, North Dallas Gazette, Technology | 1 Comment

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The industry is trying to grow, and it can’t grow because there are not enough people coming in the front door to match the people who are going out of the back door,” said Craig Heckel, program coordinator for Irving High School of aviation science. “…they were going to the colleges to do recruiting but that wasn’t good enough. So now they are going to the high schools to start these programs to get people interested, and let them know there is a huge umbrella of aviation that you can work in: electronics, computer programming, or be a fireman under aviation.”

by NNPA ESSA | February 14, 2019 | charter schools, commentary, Education, Featured, Featured, Georgia, K-12 Public Schools, K12 Education, Missouri, New Jersey, New Tri-State Defender, NNPA Newswire, nnpaESSA, Tennessee | 0 Comments

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I started in 1995 when I was asked to help open a Family Resource Center in a high school and students without involved parents in their lives took to me. Parents would stop me and say, ‘They are passing my son on to High School and he can’t even read.” — Sarah Carpenter

by LA Data News | February 8, 2019 | Books, Deeper Learning, Featured, HBCU, k-12, Louisiana, NNPA | 0 Comments

LA DATA NEWS — As a child, in between born into an interracial family, Poet Michele Reese knew she wanted to write about the Black experience with works that delved into African American history, from very early on.

by Precinct Reporter News | February 8, 2019 | Anti-bullying, anti-racism, California, commentary, descrimination, Desegregation, k-12, NNPA, Precinct Reporter Group, public schools, racism | 0 Comments

PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP — A recent hate message to former principal Crecia Robinson, a three-time victim of racist messages at Lankershim Elementary School in San Bernardino, raised parental concerns from parents on both sides over the potential for discrimination in the classroom.