Education

Following up from this morning’s Christian Spelling Bee, here is a list of the hardest books of the bible to spell. 1. Nehemiah 2. Obadiah 3. Haggai 4. Zechariah 5. Malachi 6. Thessalonians 7. Philemon 8. Deuteronomy 9. Esther and finally………………..10. Job!…now that’s funny!

The president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Freeman Hrabowski, was profiled on CBS’s 60 Minutes in a segment that focused on the great work he’s done in the areas of science and math at his university. Check out the video here The opening line of the piece: “We met a man with an unusual […]

OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds of concerned parents, students and educators protested a proposed shutdown of 13 Oakland elementary schools at a board meeting Tuesday night. District authorities say the plan will help maximize resources in a district that is spread thin. Proponents also claim the plan, which would close five schools and consolidate eight others, would […]

From Kindergarten to High School, College to the working world. “It’s not the dumb kids who cheat,” said one Bay Area prep school student. “It’s the kids with a 4.6 GPA who are under the pressure of keeping their grades up in order to get into the best Colleges.” The InfoGraphic below shows that 8 […]

BERKELEY — The Berkeley Unified School District is the number one district in the country in terms of Black student success. With a 75% graduation rate among Black students and several programs to increase Black student success, Berkeley has been trying to close the gap between Black and white students. Bloomberg Donates $30 Million To […]

A new report shows that white students are more likely to receive college scholarships than students of color. The report shows that white students receive more than three times as much merit-based grant and private scholarship funding than students of color. RELATED: Huh?! Black Man Hands Out A “Whites Only” Scholarship The myth that students of […]

Parents pull up a chair and check out the 7 things teachers wish we knew in order to help our kids do their very best at school! 1. Don’t be a stranger! Talk to your child’s teacher early and often. Back-to-school night shouldn’t be the only time you connect, says Tracy Weinberg, associate director of […]

Educators and officials in Newark, New Jersey are optimistic about the city’s public schools progress since new superintendent Cami Anderson begun; and a year after Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million to the district. Already, three new alternative schools have been opened with the Facebook money. At the same time, teachers seem to […]

First grade teacher Jennifer O’Brien of Paterson, N.J. made headlines last week back after referring to her class of mostly Black and Latino kids as “future criminals.” In a status update on her Facebook page O’Brien wrote, “I’m not a teacher – I’m a warden for future criminals,” according to NorthJersey.com. Six hours later she […]

During the recession the state of HBCUs presently and in the future has been a hot button topic. Are HBCUs still relevant? Can they compete with traditionally white institutions (TWIs)? Aren’t HBCUs practicing reverse racism? How will they survive with dismal funding? The aforementioned are only a few of the questions that have been posed […]

GEORGIA — Cheating has been uncovered in at least five more Georgia schools after an investigative team made up of Richard Hyde, who first uncovered widespread cheating in Atlanta schools, as well as workers from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation expanded their search to schools outside of Atlanta. Analysis of test erasures are not conclusive, […]

Administrators on college campuses across the nation are charged with the task of facing the reality of hazing. Cornell University is unfortunately all too familiar with the detrimental affects of fraternity and sorority hazing after the February death of a 19-year old sophomore found non-responsive in a fraternity house. In his Op-ed piece for the […]