education
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People are Actually Hating on LeBron James' I Promise School Because … You Know Why
I imagine that there is an undiscovered ancient text penned by one of the lesser-known apostles that recounts the life of Yeshua from a unique perspective. And, according to the Gospel of Antwan, when the disciples passed out plates of whiting and hush puppies to the multitude that showed up at Jesus’ open-invitation fish fry,…
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LeBron's I Promise School Offers a Few Important Lessons in Education Reform
Last week, President Trump scoffed—albeit passive aggressively—at basketball icon LeBron James’ intelligence in a tweet, stating, “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon,” Mr. Trump wrote, “He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!” But it looks like LeBron is the one taking Trump…
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Intense Segregation Is Returning to Boston's Public Schools, Report Finds
Boston is the latest city that is facing resegregation in its school system, an issue that many education advocates and experts say can intensify stark racial and economic divisions in the city. A new report from the Boston Globe details the city’s problems, finding that nearly 60 percent of Boston’s schools are “intensely segregated”—meaning students…
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Broadway Star Uses His Platform to Bring the Arts to At-Risk Students
It’s back-to-school season, but not all students have access to art programs especially under the current administration. Actor, singer and activist Bryan Terrell Clark wants to change that. He currently stars as George Washington in the award-winning, hip-hop-influenced musical, Hamilton, and has co-created InDEFINED to help expose more young people in disenfranchised communities to theater…
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School Bans Durags Because They Turn Black Boys Into Bald-Headed Gangbangers
A Massachusetts charter school has partially reversed its ban on durags after students convinced administrators of the rule’s unfairness, successfully arguing that the head covering isn’t a gateway drug that leads to gang-banging or even worse—male pattern baldness. According to the Daily Item, Kipp Academy Lynn Collegiate School had been issuing in-school suspensions to black…
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Common on Putting His Money Where the Government Won't
Rapper and actor Common is investing in black children across the country by donating money to public schools. He and his mother, Mahalia Hines, Ph.D., teamed up with Burlington Stores and AdoptAClassroom.org to fund school supplies for students nationwide, including Puerto Rico. “Instead of educate, they’d rather convict the kids,” Common rapped, in front of…
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15-Year-Old Who Graduated From High School With 4.5 GPA May Not Be Able to Go to College After He’s Turned Down for Scholarships [Updated]
Updated Monday, July 2, 2018, 1:25 p.m. EDT: Ishmale Powell’s troubles may have lessened, but they’re not quite over. On Monday, Say Yes Guilford Interim Executive Director Donnie Turlington reached out to The Root to let us know that Ishmale’s cost of attendance is not $40,000 as he first speculated, but “closer to $20,000.” Turlington said…
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Private School for Rich Kids Announces Plans to Segregate Students By Race
If you’re reading this thinking it is one of those clickbait-y headlines for a perfectly reasonable policy, you’re probably going to be disappointed because a New York City private school for the children of wealthy parents has announced that it will begin separating its students based on their race. And, according to numerous reports, for…
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Toronto Principal Transferred After Being Accused of Racially Profiling Students With ‘Black List’
To hear Principal Peggy Aitchison of Etobicoke School of the Arts tell it, she was just trying to track gaps in educational support and achievement. So she crafted a list of students which she she shared with other staff at ESA in November. The issue? The list comprised only the school’s black students—including its valedictorian.…
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Slaves, Dinosaurs and White Jesus, Oh My! How Taxpayers Fund Crazy Christian Conservative Education
Slaves who accepted Jesus into their hearts were better off than the ones who held on to African religions. Black people were pretty happy under Jim Crow until Northerners messed everything up. Noah brought dinosaurs onto his ark and Africans had dinosaur puppies, but the Nazis don’t want you to know that. These are not…