74 Search results for "achievement gap"

January 31, 2011 – February 6, 2011
Rising rate of youth violence Tran Thi Minh, The Star, February 6, 2011 Urban Education Symposium focuses on young black males Jim Schoettler, The Florida Times-Union, February 6, 2011 School for Low-Income Kids: Opening a Door or ‘Educational Apartheid’? Annie Urban, Care2 News, February 5, 2011 More to education Christopher Lyerly, News Observer, February 5, 2011 No Equity In […]
January 17, 2011 – January 23, 2011
Washington state must close achievement gap Dr. Thelma Jackson, The Olympian, January 22, 2011 Mentor looks beneath the surface to find students’ hidden potential for success David Lauderdale, Island Packet, January 22, 2011 Class size takes back seat in education debate JK Wall, IBJ News, January 22, 2011 Digital competition looks for visionary South L.A. youth Olu Alemoru, LA […]
December 13, 2010 – December 19, 2010
Science shows no link between games and violence Karen Sternheimer & Michael D. Gallagher, December 19, 2010 Youth festival marred by violence Staff Writer, IOL News, December 19, 2010 Youth portal ends on high note Frederica Elbourne, Fiji Times, December 19, 2010 Crowd prays for an end to violence after Flint breaks homicide record Beata Mostafavi, Flint Journal, […]
Dropout rate for Calif. black students hits 37%
Dropout rate for Calif. black students hits 37% Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle | December 8, 2010 More than a third of California’s African American public high school students dropped out before graduation day, a startling number and one that’s on the rise, according to 2009 data released Tuesday. The 37 percent African American dropout rate, […]
"Take Your Mind Back" Black Friday
I was blessed last week to hear one of our most profound scholars Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu. His lecture was an alarm bell sounding the state of emergency in our communities especially economically. One of the incredible stats he presented was that the black community combined made $836 billion dollars last year, but we spent only […]
November 8, 2010 – November 14, 2010
Looking Back: Dunbar High School Staff Writer, The DCist, November 14, 2010 Black Colleges Look To Increase Online Ed Presence Staff Writer, The Associated Press, November 14, 2010 WCU Students host Minority Day of Silence; Carla Giorno, The Quad, November 14, 2010 Events support hospital and youth employment Jennifer Campbell, The Gazette, November 13, 2010 […]
Proficiency of Black Students Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected
Proficiency of Black Students Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected Trip Gabriel, New York Times | November 9, 2010 An achievement gap separating black from white students has long been documented — a social divide extremely vexing to policy makers and the target of one blast of school reform after another. But a new […]
4,100 Students Prove ‘Small Is Better’ Rule Wrong
4,100 Students Prove ‘Small Is Better’ Rule Wrong Sam Dillon, New York Times | September 27, 2010 BROCKTON, Mass. — A decade ago, Brockton High School was a case study in failure. Teachers and administrators often voiced the unofficial school motto in hallway chitchat: students have a right to fail if they want. And many […]
September 13, 2010 – September 19, 2010
Jobless youth ‘a time bomb Caiphus Kgosana, Times Lives, September 19, 2010 Empowerment Program Offers Youths a Second Chance Ronnie Figueroa, South Florida Times, September 18, 2010 Youth unemployment affects mental health and wellbeing new report shows Ruth Dayspring, Black Mental Health, September 17, 2010 City Takes on Youth Violence Prevention Jonathan Friedman, The Lookout, September 17, 2010 Youth […]
August 23, 2010 – August 29, 2010
Live out the stereotype at HBCU’s Tenai Staley, The A & T Register, August 29, 2010 Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: It’s Time to Look Beyond the Classroom Sian Beilock, Psychology Today, August 27, 2010 Stop youth violence cycle David J. Harding, Free Press, August 26, 2010 Local ministry working to eradicate youth violence Mario Boone, Volunteer TV News, […]
August 23, 2010 – August 29, 2010
Live out the stereotype at HBCU’s Tenai Staley, The A & T Register, August 29, 2010 Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: It’s Time to Look Beyond the Classroom Sian Beilock, Psychology Today, August 27, 2010 Stop youth violence cycle David J. Harding, Free Press, August 26, 2010 Local ministry working to eradicate youth violence Mario Boone, Volunteer TV News, […]
August 16, 2010 – August 22, 2010
Study: Black males graduating at lower rates Matt Hanley, Geneva Sun, August 22, 2010 As some achievement gaps on TAKS shrink, others widen Holly K. Hacker, The Dallas Morning News, August 22, 2010 Artist cultivates for neighborhood, kids Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune, August 22, 2010 Doctors Tell Hollywood to Stop Luring Youth Into Smoking Joan Delaney, Epoch Times, […]