Michael Haynes BY MICHAEL LANSU, MICHAEL O’BRIEN and STEFANO ESPOSITO July 26, 2012 A former Chicago Public High School basketball star was shot and killed on the Far South Side Thursday evening, just months before finally achieving his goal of playing Division I college basketball. Michael Haynes, 22, was shot dead while...
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Young Black Basketball Star Advised to “Get Out of Chicago” Before His Death
Waivers Falling Short in ‘Parent-Engagement’ Area, Researcher Says
By Michele Molnar July 25, 2012
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Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: It’s Time to Look Beyond the Classroom
Teachers are important, but students’ environment matters too by Sian Beilock, Ph.D. in Choke August 27, 2010 The Black-White achievement gap is alive and well in the United States. Take New York City as an example. According to a recent article in the New York Times, in the city’s 3rd-8th grades, 40% of...
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Join The Black Star Project’s Fathers Club for A Day At the Zoo
Fathers from Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Davenport, Rockford, Peoria, Madison, Gary and other midwestern cities are encouraged to bring their children and join us for a free day at Brookfield Zoo! Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Brookfield Zoo First Avenue between Ogden Avenue and 31st Street Brookfield, Illinois The father bison noses the...
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Teach For America Fails 21st-Century Test
By John Wilson July 23, 2012 At a recent institute sponsored by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, I heard a well-known researcher and thought leader give his definition of 21st skills. His definition had three parts: the curriculum and pedagogy of the most prestigious, elite schools of the world, like Eton College; information...
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Summer Activities Build Résumés for College
Experiences don’t have to be costly By Caralee J. Adams June 5, 2012 From academic programs to overseas adventures, the opportunities for high school students to build their college résumés in the summer are plentiful. While such experiences can boost a student’s chance to get accepted at some schools, volunteering at a hospital...
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Farrakhan, Nation of Islam, step in to help stop shootings
BY MARY MITCHELL July 19, 2012 On Monday night, residents in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on the city’s South Side witnessed the might of the Nation of Islam. Despite temperatures that hovered around 100 degrees, black men in dress suits and bow ties fanned out across the neighborhood to form a human wall of protection...
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Is Louisiana the future of Georgia’s education system?
By Jay Bookman 6:46 am July 18, 2012 If you want to see where Georgia conservatives want to take education in this state, look five hundred miles west to Louisiana, where Gov. Bobby Jindal is implementing a voucher program intended to move hundreds of thousands of students out of public schools and into...
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School district’s new approach to summer learning
By Linda S. Lane July 16, 2012 Today 2,300 Pittsburgh Public Schools K-8 graders will board a bus and head back to school. Why? Because educators and parents in Pittsburgh, like the rest of the nation, know that without learning opportunities during the summer months, the persistent achievement gap between higher- and...
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Sheilah A. Doyle (SAD) Foundation and Comfort Zone Camp
3 Days. 40 Children. A Lifetime of Hope. The Sheilah A. Doyle (SAD) Foundation partnered with Comfort Zone Camp in 2010 to provide children, whose parent, legal guardian, or sibling fell victim to homicide, a place and a community to grow and meet other’s who experienced similar tragedies. Our goal is to help children feel...
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