238 Search results for "cps"

Official Youth Turnout Rate in 2010 was 24%
Official Youth Turnout Rate in 2010 was 24% Press Release, The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement | April 2011 ——————————————————————— New Census Data Confirm African American and Asian Youth Increased Their Turnout Rates in 2010 Midterms Youth Turnout Overall Similar to Past Midterm Elections Interviews with Experts Available; Contact Sarah Shugars […]
April 25, 2011 – May 1, 2011
High school play seizes power from the N-word Jesse Washington, The Seattle Times, April 30, 2011 Health group targets youth violence Staff Writer, The Moultrie Observer, April 30, 2011 A six-legged plan for youth Staff Writer, Nelson Mail, April 30, 2011 Why Britain needs more black headteachers David Bromfield, Guardian, April 30, 2011 A national […]
April 11, 2011 – April 17, 2011
When schools separate Carl KenneyThe Durham News, April 17, 2011 Montgomery County’s search for a school superintendent with staying power Robert Samuels, The Washington Post, April 17, 2011 Minority engineering programs celebrate 40 years Nicole Wentling, Kansan News, April 17, 2011 Emancipation is hard to celebrate when kids are still slave to city’s violence Courtland […]
Reformers Can't Dodge Race Issues
Reformers Can’t Dodge Race Issues Richard Whitmire, Huffington Post | March 8, 2011 School reformers like to talk, so they conference a lot. They like writing even more, so they dash off torrents of commentaries on improving schools. But in all that talking and writing there is one topic that rarely gets raised, especially among […]
The Dark Continent: Who Are You? "We Are The Poor"
This is for the mother in Langa that walked three blocks to boil water over an open fire, not in her house, but near her house to cook for her children. This is for the child on the south side of Chicago that takes a bus and two trains twice a day to get an […]
Teach Me How To Study! (Middle School Kids From LA Charter School Rap About Studying Over "Teach Me How To Dougie")
World Star Hip Hop | November 9, 2010
September 27, 2010 – October 3, 2010
Community Targets Teens to End Violence Jeff Stensland, ABC Southern IL News, October 3, 2010 Graduation rates rise for Virginia schools Kevin Sieff, Washington Post Staff Writer, September 30, 2010 Local activist speaks out against youth violence Staff Writer, WHDH News, September 30, 2010 Area teens take part in Youth Leadership Day event Staff Writer, WKBT News, September 30, […]
April 5, 2010 – April 11, 2010
Chicago students walk out to protest education cuts Pepe Lozano, Axis Of Logic, April 10, 2010 Push to expand child tax credits aims at youth crime Kimberly Dick, South Carolina Herald, April 8, 2010 Men of Distinction program aims to prevent youth from gang involvement Romney Smith, Fox 31, April 8, 2010 Activists Rally for […]
Derrion Albert, Fenger High and Neighborhood Melee Part 2: Establishing Blame
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FpBt6jJc0 “Where were the cops?” asks Letzbeforreal in his mini-video. His question is not new. He, like everyone else, is looking to hold some bigger entity accountable for the murder of Derrion Albert. He wants to lay blame where it does “the most good.” Others assign blame to the administration of Fenger High School. Despite […]
Where's Aniysah? A Campaign to End Violence Against Women of Color
This week, I am going to feature a blog I wrote for Document the Silence which is a website I co-founded dedicated to ending violence against women of color. Right now, we are in the midst of mounting a national online media campaign to document how domestic violence and the family court system work in […]