education

I don’t watch much tv. But “Power”, ESPN’s “Sports Center”, & new HBO series “Ballers” are on my list. After “Ballers” went off, I stayed up to watch “Real Sports”. I caught a very interesting piece about how we raise our kids. Check out this clip from “Trophy Nation”. Wow! Are we really hurting our […]

Blacks in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans have made some educational progress, but the median income has not risen as much as that of White households, reports NOLA.…

What kind of world are we living in?

Just before escaping NY’s Clinton Correctional Facility, Richard Matt wrote a letter to his daughter. In it, he promised to see her “on the outside,”…

The dismal education statistics for young Black men are all too familiar, especially in cities like Camden, New Jersey, where poverty, crime and poor access to…

This brilliant young woman was offered a spot by 26 colleges (and $3m in scholarships) http://t.co/0EcmyRlIPZpic.twitter.com/7PPnrWPf4b“ — Maham Masood (@1mahammasood) June 15, 2015 Black girls…

African-American students are paying a big price when it comes to achieving higher education; according to a new report, Blacks acquire the most student loan debt. The National…

Awards season for students is usually a joyous occasion, but one Texas family was livid to find that their son received something called a “Ghetto Classroom Award.” Two…

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…

President Obama announced Thursday that a new initiative will provide more than $250M in free e-books to low-income students, according to the Associated Press. But…

One prisoner has gone to one of the world’s biggest publications to share his views that more correctional facilities should give inmates a chance to…

The school choice battle rages on — public school proponents believe their way of implementing education is the best way, while proponents of charter schools…