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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Chicago Region Presents The Value of PTA Spring Leadership Day Saturday May 18, 2013 Northeastern Illinois University Lech Walesa Hall, 3601 W Bryn Mawr, Chicago (Free parking in Lot D only) 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Onsite registration opens at 9 a.m. This is a FREE Event. Please Register by May 16 at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/XQQ57XZ Participate...
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Photo provided by The Black Star Project by Madisyn Taylor April 23, 2013 Being a parent never ends, it only transitions throughout our lives together assuming new and exciting roles. Once individuals become parents, they are parents forevermore. Their identities change perceptively the moment Mother Nature inaugurates them mom or dad. Yet the role...
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Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker addresses The Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Thursday. The University of Chicago economist also supports raising the eligibility age for social security and decriminalizing drugs. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune) By Melissa Harris April 21, 2013 Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker could never win an election in...
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Education Research Report Friday, April 19, 2013 Schools seeking to boost parental involvement will need to tailor their approaches to match parents’ differing views and concerns, according to a new report from Public Agenda. The report, “Ready, Willing and Able? Kansas City Parents Talk About How to Improve Schools and What They Can Do...
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Click on the image below to see a slideshow of the dance and all of the beautiful “couples” who attended. (click to see all 28 photos) Below is a video from the Daddy Daughter Dance 2013
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They are meeting on Thursday, February 21, 2013 6:30 pm at The Black Star Project 3509 South King Drive, Suite 2B Chicago, Illinois With two young Black girls being shot dead in the streets of metropolitan Chicago in the past three weeks, with 108 youth killed last year, with schools destroying the minds of Black...
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By Esther Cepeda Washington Post Writers Group Jan 26, 2013 Turnabout is fair play, and in no arena as much as that of student academic achievement. So after several years of hashing out policies focused on the quality of teacher education programs and teacher performance in the classroom, it’s only right that the gaze...
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Katherine Frey/The Washington Post - D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson speaks before the D.C. Council and the public about her reasons for proposing to close 20 schools at the Wilson Building Thursday, November 15, 2012 in Washington, D.C. By Emma Brown January 1, 2013 When D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson outlined a plan this fall to close 20 city...
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Arne Duncan Calls for ‘Demanding Parents,’ in NAACP Talk South Korean girls train for endurance. (photo provided by The Black Star Project) By Michele Molnar December 6, 2012 The U.S. has a shortage of demanding parents. So says Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, speaking today in Washington, D.C. at the release...
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