By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA/ESSA Media Campaign) Dorothy Leavell, the newly-elected chairwoman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), said that she wants the NNPA...
By Micha Green (NNPA/ESSA Contributing Writer) Parents, school experts, and civic leaders expressed their concerns about the state of education in the Black community during a...
Dr. Elizabeth Primas, program manager for the NNPA/ESSA Media Campaign talks about what parents and community stakeholders should know about the Every Student Succeeds Act.
By Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) I am a native Washingtonian. I still live on the same street that my parents brought...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continue to make misleading statements about Common Core State Standards (CCSS),...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA/ESSA Contributor) Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have submitted plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for the...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There’s no doubt that No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) had its share of problems, according to Rep. Bobby...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) All parents want the best for their children. We all acknowledge that attaining a high-quality K-12...
By Wade Henderson (President and CEO/The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) In late March, President Trump signed a resolution to invalidate a regulation designed...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) According to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), President Barack Obama’s education law, states and local school districts are...
The National Newspaper Publishers Association Honors Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile and Celebrates the 190th Anniversary of the Black Press During Black Press Week 2017 Contact: Dr....
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) Today, across the United States in nearly every African American community, millions of parents are striving...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Across the nation, educators say that federal dollars must follow former President Barack Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Educators at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis credit the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) with increasing awareness...
By Pam Taylor (NNPA/ESSA Contributor) As the first deadline to submit state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act rapidly approaches, community stakeholders in Washington, D.C.,...
By Reverend Sam Casey (Founder and Executive Director, COPE) “Be strong and courageous.” The counsel comes from Joshua 1:9, one of my favorite Bible verses, and...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Without hesitation, Jill Lauren said that the most critical program that should be included under the Every Student Succeeds...
By Nicole Narae (NNPA Newswire Contributor) FORT LAUDERDALE — On Thursday, January 26, almost 200 students from Broward County-area high schools participated in an education workshop...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Dr. Elizabeth Primas has faced many difficult and diverse challenges head on. It’s that direct approach that has helped...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) When civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin Chavis was named president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA),...
By Candace J. Semien (The Drum/NNPA Member) BATON ROUGE — When Jonathan Hage traveled to Baton Rouge following the August flood, the Charter School USA director’s...
By Edward Gaston (Florida Star/NNPA Member) When President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015, policy makers and educators saw this as an...
Contact: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (202) 588-8764 ESSA@nnpa.org NNPA 1816 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)...
