Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat Superintendent Joris Ray announced an initiative for black boys Monday at the National Civil Rights Museum. . PHOTO: Laura Faith Kebede/Chalkbeat. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Superintendent Joris Ray launched a new initiative Monday that he hopes will help black boys improve their test scores, take more advanced courses, and be on the […]
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Two African American High School Boys Make History at Harvard Debate | Black Enterprise
Samara Lynn, Black Enterprise DJ Roman and Keith Harris. Featured Image [dropcap]Two[/dropcap] African American Atlanta-area high school students led their debate team to its second consecutive win at Harvard University’s annual international debate tournament—making history after achieving an unprecedented, undefeated record, according to a press release on the matter. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Seniors DJ Roman of […]
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27 More Graves May Have Been Found at a Notorious Florida Boys School | The New York Times
John Eligon, The New York Times An unidentified funeral at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla. Researchers have identified three sets of remains found in unmarked graves at the school, Sept. 26, 2014. (University of South Florida). Featured Image [dropcap]More[/dropcap] than two dozen additional unmarked graves may have been discovered on […]
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How this Texas college gives every single student help with trauma, mental health| The Dallas Morning News
Eva Marie Ayala, The Dallas Morning News Shaban Athuman/Staff Photographer. Featured Image [dropcap]Paul[/dropcap] Quinn College prides itself as a school that aggressively recruits the kids often ignored by big-name universities: [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Students who grew up in tough Chicago neighborhoods where it is common to lose a classmate to gang violence. Children from Los Angeles […]
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‘Your Heritage Is Taken Away’: The Closing of 3 Historically Black Colleges | The New York Times
Wadzanai Mhute, The New York Times Sonya Perdue Bolton, far left, who was in the marching band at Saint Paul’s College, in 1983. Featured Image [dropcap]Since[/dropcap] the 1930s, the women of Bennett College, one of the nation’s two historically black colleges for women, have dressed in white and sung their “Preference Song” over an annual […]
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Homeschooled Genius Haley Taylor Schlitz, Age 16, Accepted Into 9 Law Schools | Diversity Inc.
Keka Araujo, Diversity Inc. Teen phenom Haley Taylor Schlitz,16, who graduated from high school at 13, is preparing to attend Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law this fall, one of nine schools that accepted her, according to the American Bar Association. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Featured Image [dropcap]Haley[/dropcap] Taylor Schlitz is the epitome […]
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What Happens When a Billionaire Swoops In to Solve the Student-Debt Crisis | The Atlantic
A philanthropist surprised Morehouse College graduates at commencement by announcing he would pay off their student loans. But one person—even a very generous one—can only do so much.
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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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