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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 1, 2013
For the fourth year in a row, all seniors have been accepted to college. "I want everyone in this city, I want everyone in this country, to look up here," Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onMarch 19, 2013
Writing for The Root DC, Natalie Hopkinson explores Andre M. Perry's take on school discipline, which she calls "one of the realest, toughest calls reforming schools have to make."
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by Natalie Hopkinson onMarch 19, 2013
Writing for The Root DC, Natalie Hopkinson explores Andre M. Perry's take on school discipline, which she calls "one of the realest, toughest calls reforming schools have to make."
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by Rhonda J. Summey onSeptember 8, 2012
Writing at the Burton Wire, Rhonda J. Summey argues that America can't afford for education to be anywhere other than at the forefront of the discussion surrounding the presidential election.
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by Lynette Holloway onAugust 22, 2012
Across the nation, state and local governments are spending less on students of color than on whites, according to a new report.
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July 27, 2012
The president signs into law a new education initiative for African Americans in the Oval Office.
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by Michael E. Ross onJuly 25, 2012
President Obama will announce to the Urban League a new initiative aimed at black achievement.
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by Washington Post onDecember 19, 2011
They were offered free college by two benefactors in 1988. Find out how these D.C. pupils are doing now.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onAugust 19, 2011
Former Washington, D.C., schools head Michelle Rhee is pummeled at Martha's Vineyard forum.
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by F. Finley McRae onAugust 17, 2011
The legendary Ohio educator was hailed as a statesman and humanist.
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