By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and John Chase Tribune reporters May 22, 2013 After hearing from aldermen, angry parents and community members in a meeting interrupted several times by protesters, the Chicago Board of Education today approved a plan to close 49 elementary schools and one high school program. The...
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Chicago Public Schools Approves Largest School Closure in City’s History
2013 Mass Black Male Graduation at Chicago State University
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Poverty and student achievement: Are we comparing the wrong groups?
By Robert Bligh Posted by Valerie Strauss May 9, 2013 I write in response to UCLA Professor. Mike Rose’s “Leave No Unwealthy Child Behind” that was published on “The Answer Sheet.” I want to suggest a somewhat broader view of the problem. No rational person can question the overwhelming relationship between a financially impoverished...
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Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap
April 25, 2013 Contact: Jamie Horwitz Learning Gains Depend on Joining Outcome Goals to Sufficient and Smart Inputs On the 30th Anniversary of the Report “A Nation at Risk” New Book and Campaign on Closing the Opportunity Gap Announced in Remarks to the National Press Club WASHINGTON – For more than a generation,...
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We Are Recruiting 400 New Students Now
Saturday University is one of the newest and most effective educational concepts in America for educating students of color. It is family- and community-driven education at its best. As many/most Black children in American schools are failing academically, the only way to successfully educate them is with the support and actions of their parents, families...
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Talladega College Is Coming to Chicago to Recruit the Best College Students in America
“If There Is a Will to Go to College, We’ll Make A Way” Talladega College Brings Their Admissions Staff to Illinois Admitting Students and Offering Scholarships on the SPOT!!!! ~ Enrolling High School Seniors, Adults & Pre-Enrolling High School Juniors ~ *Kick-Off* Sunday, April 14, 2013 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church...
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Duncan: Schools Failing Black Students
Arne Duncan By George E. Curry; NNPA Editor-in-Chief March 23, 2013 WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Instead of being the traditional ticket to success, many of our nation’s troubled schools hinder opportunity for upward mobility, especially for students of color, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Black publish- ers in a private meeting recently. “The...
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Detroit Youth Take Over their City to End School to Prison Pipeline
March 23, 2013 from 1 to 3 pm Will the youth in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Miami, Baltimore, Boston, LosAngeles, Denver, Omaha, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Oakland or your city join them in supportive action? Call/text323.378.7805 to learn more about this initiative.
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Black students’ learning gaps start early, report says
(photo provided by The Black Star Project) African American pupils are far less likely to take college prep classes and more likely to miss school because of suspensions, a group finds, calling for strong intervention. By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles TimesFebruary 26, 2013 African American public school students in Los Angeles County demonstrate...
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