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Reading Instruction for the Black Underachieving Student
The following post was written by Frank Simpkins, author of “The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement: Failure of America’s Public Schools to Properly Educate its African American Student Populations. Simpkins is co-author of “Between Rhetoric and Reality.” By: Frank Simpkins An overriding theoretical, philosophical and political consideration of the cross-cultural approach to education […]
Teacher fired for using broom to break up fight
A Detroit teacher was fired after a cell phone video showed her using a broom to break up a fight between two students. In the video, two male students are fighting for at least 30 seconds before the teacher intervenes.
Teen who collapsed at weekend basketball game dies
A Chicago teen who collapsed during a high school basketball game last weekend has died. Jermaine Cullum, 16, was a sophomore at Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School. He was playing in a tournament at Riverside Brookfield High School when he collapsed on the court after a layup.
Lawsuit: black teacher mocked with minstrel show photos by students
An Arizona teacher has filed a lawsuit against the Tempe Union High School District after students at Ahwatukee’s Desert Vista High School racially discriminated against her. The suit, filed by Cobb in February, came after a student posted a video to a social media site the month before.
Report: Despite more Hispanics, blacks enrolling in college, bachelor’s degrees remain low
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law passed by voters in Michigan that banned consideration of race in the public college admissions process. Eight states have passed laws restricting affirmative action since 1996, despite the racial makeup of college students and graduates evolving.
Southland College Prep sees 100 percent graduation rate
Southland College Prep Charter High School’s first graduating class will see a 100 percent graduation rate. Every single student is going to college.
Student denied admission to University of Michigan, holds protest for appeal of decision
A 17-year-old high school senior has staged a protest after getting rejected from the University of Michigan. Brooke Kimbrough says she always dreamed of attending the school, believes she was rejected due to racial inequity.
2 teens murdered over Facebook argument
Two Chicago teens were shot to death Saturday over a Facebook dispute, the mother of one of the victims said Saturday night. 16-year-old Jordan Means and 18-year-old Anthony Bankhead were found dead just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday in an apartment on the city’s southeast side.
New Jersey students who took lynching photo won’t face charges
No criminal charges will be filed against members of a New Jersey high school wrestling team who posed in a photo simulating a lynching. The picture showed seven white boys in Phillipsburg wrestling attire surrounding a black wrestling dummy wearing a rival school’s t-shirt. The dummy was hanging from a noose.
Guest post: Karen Washington Should Not Have Died
The following post was originally published on Chocolate Covered Lies. It was written by Mark Harris. By: Mark Harris The U.S. lapse in judgment on mental health issues have come to the forefront relentlessly over the past week or so. Let me give a couple of examples:
East Chicago student hailed as hero after saving woman, child from car wreck
When East Chicago Central High School student Kendall Brown heard a crash just outside his house, he immediately grabbed his brother and sister and led them to safety. The crash he heard was closer than he thought. The vehicle had actually crashed into the side of his home.
Study: challenges caused by poverty found to impact instructional time in classroom
According to a study led by John Rogers of UCLA, poverty-related challenges steal time away from high school class periods at low income schools. As a result, students receive an average of 30 minutes less instruction per day than peers with higher incomes.