NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ford’s mission to build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. Supporting HBCUs and driving towards...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We get syrupy about “Hidden Figures” from all over and know little about the heroes and sheroes who grew up in our own...
By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Eleanor Ramsey, president and CEO of the firm Mason Tillman Associates, has been creating change for Black people and other...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’re celebrating 110 years of Poetry magazine this year and approaching 20 years of the Poetry Foundation in 2023. We wanted to do...
From Black Doctor.org Getting into medical school is no small feat, but imagine doing it at just 13 years old. While most 13-year-olds are heading to high...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Guide Right program currently has 8,022 students in various programs in 197 chapters worldwide, including Japan and the Dominican Republic. This program is a true...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Two Minneapolis middle schools, Olson and Anderson, last Saturday played their first game in the inaugural three-week Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Girls Flag...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For 15 years, Disney Dreamers Academy has inspired more than 1,300 students from across the country by fueling their dreams and showing them...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While attending River Rouge High School, T’Kay Montaque played basketball, and used her voice to narrate other school events. After graduating in 2013,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President & CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., has moderated each of the two previous forums and also...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — T.M. Landry is a year-round, tuition-based, nonpublic school which began in 2005. The school has a unique model to educate students. It is...
NNPA ESSA PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — This month, my organization, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools released its highly-anticipated report, “Identity and Charter School Leadership:...
ATLANTA VOICE — The 2019 Corky Kell Classic is upon us and the Mays Raiders are the lone football club from Atlanta Public Schools seeking their...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On From Marva with Love I interviewed a young man, Clydric Gales, from Louisiana. Clydric was raised by his father and maternal grandmother....
THE TRUE CITIZEN — Planters Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is accepting applications for the Planters EMC Scholarship. All high school seniors who are the son or daughter...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Spring High School senior Treyvon Mays, a Texas State commit and #22 ranked 110m hurdler in the nation, made a case for...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — This innovative tour is coming to Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Instead of the College Dual Enrollment option being available in only a handful of DPSCD high schools, it will be available in every DPSCD...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Teacher concerns transformed into organized protests when, in early 2018, the West Virginia teacher’s strike made headlines, lasting over 2 weeks. Local education...
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — A dozen Tulsa high school students will leave the traditional classroom behind in the spring semester, to be part of an urban classroom...
AFRO — When Anacostia High School students Kelli Johnson and Brenda McKinney took the stage at the Kennedy Center to rap about the Boston Tea Party...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Handing out dismal grades, the Nation’s Report Card says America’s high school seniors lack critical math and reading...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1...
Washington D.C. Ranks Among Worst by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper (Courtesy Photo) High school graduation rates in the United States...
