“On that night, Blacks came together in churches and private homes all across the nation, anxiously awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation had actually become law.” Written by Charyn D. Sutton If you live or grew up in a Black community in the United States, you have probably heard of “Watch Night...
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Carnage in Black communities across America By Phillip Jackson This is not an article to demonize young Black men. This is an article to help stop the carnage in Black communities across America, to begin the process of rebuilding these communities and to re-engineer the lives of young Black men. Many young Black...
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By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO | Thu Dec 27, 2012 (Reuters) – The Chicago Teachers Union has sued the nation’s third largest school district, saying Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s campaign to reform or close underperforming public schools discriminates against African-American teachers and staff. The federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday and announced on Thursday is the latest battle with the...
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Newsmaker: Shawn Dove, Campaign Manager, Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Open Society Foundations In October, the Open Society Foundations and the Foundation Centerreleased a report, Where Do We Go From Here? Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys (40 pages, PDF), which found, among other things, that philanthropic support for African-American men and boys has risen steadily over the...
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Matthew Collum, a senior at Westinghouse College Prep, has received a full scholarship from the University of Chicago. Reported by Dorothy Tucker December 11, 2012 CHICAGO (CBS) – A high school senior who lives in one of Chicago’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods has received a full scholarship to one of the most prestigious universities...
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By Michele Molnar December 14, 2012 What do we tell our children after the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn.? The American Psychological Association offers excellent tips in its article, “Helping your children manage distress in the aftermath of a shooting.” Resources are available, too, from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, which includes “Tips...
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The Honore Center for Undergraduate Student Achievement at Southern University is under way in Louisiana.Southern University By Quincy Hodges, The Times-Picayune on November 14, 2012 “The goal of the five-fifths agenda is to make America whole by reclaiming and developing black male human capital.” — Ron Mason In response to a national...
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South Side program’s goal: Getting absentee dads to engage with their children Dawn Turner Trice October 31, 2012 Many of the men in the Fathers, Families and Healthy Communities Demonstration Project have at one time been the type of people they wouldn’t have wanted their own children associating with. But now, on Monday...
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Education is a multi-generational enterprise By Sean Coughlan, BBC News education correspondent December 11, 2012 Asian countries have taken top places in global school rankings for maths, science and reading, with England and Northern Ireland among high performers. US academics have produced international comparisons in key subjects – using tests taken in 2011...
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December 11, 2012 The U.S. Department of Education announced today that 16 applicants—representing 55 school districts across 11 states and D.C.—have won the 2012 Race to the Top-District competition. These districts will share nearly $400 million to support locally developed plans to personalize and deepen student learning, directly improve student achievement and educator effectiveness,...
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