education
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Melania Trump’s Official Website Disappears Amid Questions About Her College Degree
The official website of Melania Trump has seemingly vanished into thin air after questions recently arose about whether the site’s claim that she has a college degree is indeed a fact, People magazine reports. MelaniaTrump.com now reroutes to the Trump Organization’s website home page. In addition, the biography page does not mention Donald Trump’s wife at…
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Democratic Political Infighting Over Education Harms Black Families
The Democrats’ political machine is in full gear this summer as special interest groups drive toward a common goal: getting the party elected to the highest office in the land. But the political action group Democrats for Education Reform, which favors charter schools, has veered off the road, blasting negotiators who altered part of the…
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Lessons From La. State: Let Students Lead the Way in Protests Over Police Killings
Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, July 7: The perspiring temperatures outdoors were outdone by the racial climate created by years of police killings. Indoors, the climate was slightly less heated as hundreds of college students and community members crammed into the African American Cultural Center and the adjacent Women’s Center on the campus of the Louisiana…
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Parents Outraged After Elementary Student’s ‘Racist’ Comment About Brownies Prompts Police Response
The parents of a New Jersey third-grader are outraged after the police were called on their child for a comment that they said was made about brownies, Philly.com reports. The incident unfolded June 16 at an end-of-the-year class party at the William P. Tatem Elementary School in Collingswood. The third-grader reportedly made the comment about…
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Why More Black Male Teachers Should be Feminists
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do about gaps in achievement and opportunity, especially for boys of color. I recently attended an all-black, all-male meeting focused on increasing the number of black men in teaching. It’s an accomplishment and a novelty to see a group…
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5 Interesting and Useful Facts I Learned From Hip-Hop
Between slanguage and actual facts, hip-hop saved my life. That isn’t true, nor does it make sense. But I’m being grandiose. And I’m a hot nigga. I’ve been that way since about a week ago. Also, I’ve learned that slang is still evolving. For instance, I’ve spent a considerable enough amount of my lifetime around…