MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — It was expected to be the beginning of a joyous preservation effort: relocating the town’s last standing African American school. But blocked by fumbled permits and mired in controversy, the effort failed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Plans to preserve the Long Point School have raised tensions among several residents in Snowden, a […]
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How history textbooks reflect America’s refusal to reckon with slavery |Vox
Textbooks have been slow to incorporate black humanity in their slavery narratives. And they still have a long way to go.
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Historically Black Medical School Works to Inspire Youth | AFRO
Travis Loller, Associated Press, AFRO Dr. James Hildreth dissects a frog Friday, March 29, 2019, with seventh grader Keyshawn Walker at the Haynes Middle Health/Medical Science Design Center in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Travis Loller). Featured Image [dropcap]NASHVILLE[/dropcap], Tenn. (AP) — The number of African-American men entering medical school hasn’t budged since the late 1970s, and […]
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LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It’s Showing Promise. | The New York Times
The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores.
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Education Department rejects nearly all applicants for a student loan forgiveness program | Los Angeles Times
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Los Angeles Times [dropcap]Tens[/dropcap] of thousands of public servants have applied to have their federal student loans forgiven through a temporary relief program run by the U.S. Education Department. Fewer than 300 have had success. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Now, one of the lawmakers who championed the initiative wants to know what happened. “We authorized […]
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A San Francisco school where black studies start young | San Francisco Examiner
“I want my students to stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves,” said Gail Meadows, principal of the Meadows Livingstone School.
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In Detroit, a push to use African-American history and culture to help students succeed | Chalkbeat
There are African words on the wall. Books by African-American authors in the cabinet. Posters of notable African-American scholars on the walls. But much of what makes this an African-centered classroom is what happens when teacher Welia Dawson and her students are breaking down a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] This […]
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‘America to Me’ shows why all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria | The Undefeated
Integration is just the first step in closing the racial achievement gap
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LaQuisha Hall First Black BCPS `Teacher of the Year’ in Five Years | AFRO
She is the first African American to be honored in five years in a system where more than 80 percent of the students are Black.
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Marvin Gaye Recreation Center Opens with Fanfare | AFRO
On May 5, D.C. officials cut the ribbon on the $14 million recreation center named after the Motown legend who grew up in the District and attended Cardozo High School.
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