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Campaign for High School Equity Calls on Department of Education for Stronger Commitment to Raising Graduation Rates
February 27, 2009
In Response to President Barack Obama’s Feb. 24 Congressional Address, Coalition Points to High School Achievement Gap as Major Barrier to Sustainable Economic Recovery ...
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Education Challenges Facing New York City Forum; Confronting the New High School Graduation Standards
February 24, 2009
Guest Speaker Dr. John H. Jackson will bring together diverse voices to investigate key issues in our schools, and discuss the policy changes necessary to address these issues in the coming years. ...
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Bill Gates Announces Low-Income Minority Student Scholarship Program
August 26, 2011
The Gates Millennium Scholarship Program (GMS) will select 1,000 low-income minority students to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. Scholars will also be provided with personal and professional development through their leadership programs, along with academic ...
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Study: Why Black Students Struggle With Algebra
August 26, 2011
Educators call ninth-grade algebra the most frequently failed high-school course and a "gateway class" -- a required class in which success predicts graduation. Failure in the subject leads many students to drop out, graduate late, or lose opportunities for higher education. Algebra is a particular obstacle to classroom participation and math achievement among Black students, says a University of Illinois ...
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96% Of Latinos Want College For Children
August 25, 2011
A new impreMedia/Latino Decisions poll reveals when it comes to their children’s education, Latino voters have clear and high aspirations. The poll shows that 96% of Latino parents would like to see their kids earn a college degree, whether it is a bachelor’s, master’s or professional degree. What is not so clear ...
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NY College Earns Top Diversity Ranking
August 17, 2011
Brooklyn College is among the best schools in the country for diversity. The rankings of U.S. colleges and universities released by the Princeton Review ...
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Tavis Smiley Examines Black Drop-out Rate
August 16, 2011
Nightly talk show host Tavis Smiley will examine what he calls one of the most disturbing aspects of the education crisis facing America today -- the increased dropout rate among teenagers specifically among black teenage males. In "Too Imprtant to Fail," the fifth installment of his PBS series Tavis Smiley Reports, Smiley investigates the root causes of this calamity as well as what can be done ...
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Feds Settle With Ala School Board Over Racial Disparities
August 09, 2011
The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Pickens County, Ala., school board to eliminate racial disparities in its system. Under terms of the agreement, the board, working with state officials, will develop policies and programs to eliminate racial disparities in student discipline, grade retention, graduation rates and post-graduate scholarships, the Justice Department said in a release. The agreement further obligates the board to intensify its efforts to recruit minority ...
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MAJOR NYC MINORITY HELP
August 04, 2011
Two well-known billionaires are helping to launch a new program designed to lift black and Latino men out of poverty. The Young Men’s Initiative is a bold new program that overhauls how government interacts with young black and Latino men by, among other things, establishing job recruitment centers and fatherhood classes in public housing. “This can be a game-changer,†said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “We can take ourselves to a new level ...
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Chicago Minority Students Demand Changes
July 15, 2011
Students packed Chicago Public Schools headquarters to deliver a report on school discipline policies that contends the district spends more than 14 times as much on school security as it does on student counseling. The report, produced by Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE), a minority student-led “education justice†advocacy group, claims that CPS’ approach to discipline and disproportionate security and guidance budgets hurts graduation rates and deprives the cash-strapped district of revenue. VOYCE’s report, “Failed Policies, Broken Futures: The True Cost of Zero Tolerance,†...
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Black Colleges Major Part Of Reviving US Education
July 13, 2011
If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in higher education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will need to play a major role, says a White House official on education. A local news report says, just how the nation's predominately Black institutions ...
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Parent's Group Opposes Charter School Expansion Plan
July 05, 2011
Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States today is speaking out in opposition of HR 2218, the “Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.†...
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Asian American Navigating The College Admissions Process
July 05, 2011
The existence of obstacles to Asian Americans gaining admission to elite universities stems from the perception that, as a group, they have performed relatively well in higher education. From 1976 to 2007, the percentage of Asian American college students increased from 1.8 to 6.7 percent ...
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Newly Elected Black Mayors Make Jobs A Priority
June 29, 2011
The recent elections of Alvin Brown as Jacksonville, Florida’s first African American mayor and Michael Hancock as Denver’s second Black mayor, provide much needed new hope and leadership in the war on unemployment. Both Brown and Hancock have strong Urban League roots and both have made job creation in their ...
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Civil Rights Coalition Unveils Plan To Transform High Schools
June 07, 2011
“We can no longer afford to wait to transform our public high schools. All students must attain the knowledge and skills they need to compete in the 21st century marketplace ." ...
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Brotherhood Celebrates Black Males Headed To College
June 07, 2011
"We are celebrating the achievements of young black men who are defying the odds and are on their way toward creating change for themselves." ...
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NCAA Hitting Black Schools Harder?
June 03, 2011
Where many non-HBCU peers – including schools with similarly limited resources – show some improvement, teams at HBCUs are trending in the opposite direction. ...
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House Democrats Blast Dept Of Ed. On Gainful Employment Regulation
June 02, 2011
DOE recently released a regulation that would make programs ineligible for federal student aid if they fail to meet one of three measures of “gainful employment.†...
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Women Breaking Barriers In Navy, Not SEALs Yet
May 31, 2011
While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky roles across the military, there are still some doors that are closed. ...
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At Swarthmore, Students Can Graduate En Espanol
May 27, 2011
Hispanic advocacy groups say Swarthmore's live Spanish translation is an unusual and welcome development for the nation's growing demographic of Latino students. ...
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Yale School of Medicine Honors First Black Women Graduates
May 27, 2011
“We are delighted to celebrate the accomplishments of these extraordinary African Americans who courageously broke the racial barrier at Yale School of Medicine.†...
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HBCUs Expand Online Degree Program
May 24, 2011
"Adding FAMU and Tennessee State as part of HBCUsOnline is very exciting because we are now partnering with three of the largest HBCUs in the nation." ...
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Report Shows Large Disparities Among L.A. Area Residents
May 19, 2011
These include life expectancy at birth and mortality rates to measure health; age of school enrollment and educational degree attainment to measure education. ...
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SPLC Sues School District Over Suspensions
May 13, 2011
"The principal just called and said he was out for the rest of the year, but he wouldn't tell me what for," she said. "That's just not fair." ...
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Civil Rights Group Sues MD. Education Commission For Discrimination
May 12, 2011
The lawsuit, filed in 2006 and amended four times, says the state under-funds traditionally black colleges, causing them to lag behind the state's other institutions. ...
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Univision Honors Organization Of The Year
December 31, 2011
"“We are delighted to present Univision’s Community Corazon Award for Organization of the Year to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the Leadership Award to Thomas Saenz." ...
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Obama Choses Historic Memphis School As "Race To The Top" Winner
May 10, 2011
Booker T. Washington is the city’s oldest high school created for black students during segregation. ...
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"100 Black Men" Gala Honorees Reflect Mentoring Philosophy
May 10, 2011
“Graduation rates continue to be disappointing, and access to role models is still a challenge, but we will continue our work.†...
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HBCU Summit Set To Make History
April 25, 2011
“While many of our HBCU partners have active LGBT student organizations, public discourse around sexuality issues has been less public on our campuses.†...
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DC School Voucher Program Restored
April 18, 2011
"Low-income families and committed legislative advocates have triumphed over richly-funded special interests." ...
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Civil Rights Hero John Lewis To Deliver NC Central Commencement Speech
April 14, 2011
Lewis will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by NCCU Chancellor Charlie Nelms during the graduation ceremony. ...
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