MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — The winning students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “[Education Secretary Betsy] DeVos’s latest attack on public schools came a day after the New York Times published a report that found an...
THE SEATTLE MEDIUM — Seattle Public Schools has two critical levies on the ballot on Feb. 12. I urge you to vote “yes” on both these...
Michigan Chronicle — At least 57 Detroit public schools have tested positive so far for high levels of copper, lead or both in drinking water.
ATLANTA VOICE — For too long, great development projects have elevated some Atlanta communities while leaving others behind.
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Year after year in measure after measure, Black, Latino, and Native American students trail their White peers...
(The Washington Post) – Starting next school year, any parent in Nevada can pull a child from the state’s public schools and take tax dollars...
(Salon) – Last week, an Atlanta jury convicted 11 teachers and school administrators of racketeering in a system-wide cheating scandal. Yes, you read that correctly....
(CBS News) – Common Core federal education standards are riling the conservative base, and as the 2016 Republican presidential field takes shape, the standards — seen by...
By LeConté J. Dill NNPA Guest Columnist Nearly 40 years ago, a metaphor or fable, if you will, about “upstream-downstream” was created by healthcare...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices...
Blacks, Latino Educators Find Other Professions by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Minorities are significantly underrepresented in public schools, despite...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our public school system is a wreck. It didn’t happen by circumstance. It is by design, a design to...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In 1954, Lucinda Todd was one of 13 plaintiffs in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme...
