Back to School Program in Philadelphia: Thursday, September 29th, 2016 Back to School with the HistoryMakers involved 400 HistoryMakers in schools in 51 cities and 28 states across the U.S. The theme of the day is COMMIT. Black leaders will recount their own school experiences and the struggles that they encountered on their paths to success. […]
Jim Crow is back. The notion of a post-racial society after President Barack Obama was elected as the nation’s first black president has just been blown up: America’s public schools are re-segregating at an alarming rate. Decades of racial progress in public schools is now being erased, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report […]
Chicago Public Schools Chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett has resigned from office amid a federal investigation into a $20.5 million no-bid contract to one of her former…
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On July 26, 2012, President Obama launched his official White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans. The program is designed to help children of…
Author Kwame Alexander knows the importance of reading comprehension, but he also knows how important it is to relate to children. Alexander founded Book in a…
After 16 NBA seasons, Jalen Rose wanted to use his celebrity, considerable income from the NBA and his commitment to helping youth to uplift his…
If you’ve been wondering how former NFL player turned sports analyst turned educator Deion Sanders is doing after his second divorce, finalized just last week,…
Roland Martin talks with Bishop Douglas Miles, co-chair of the BUILD organization and co-founding member about the historic $1 billion investment in Baltimore’s schools.
PHILADELPHIA – January 6, 2012 (WPVI) — Here is the full list of Catholic schools in the Philadelphia area targeted for closure or consolidation. Bucks County: CONSOLIDATING: St. Michael the Archangel, Levittown Our Lady of Grace, Penndel Location: Penndel St. Mark, Bristol St. Ephrem, Bensalem Location: Bensalem Assumption BVM, Feasterville St. Bede the Venerable, Holland […]
SOUTH AFRICA-A dead baby in a plastic bag has been found at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls outside Johannesburg. News 24 South Africa reports: The 17-year-old girl, who was a pupil at the school just outside Johannesburg, was taken to the Midvaal Hospital in Meyerton. Beeld newspaper on Friday reported that the baby’s […]
