All posts tagged "education"
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First Lady Michelle Obama & Wale Team Up For Education Initiative
First Lady Michelle Obama is collaborating with rapper and D.C. native Wale for her Reach Higher educational initiative, which promotes higher education and career services for…
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J. Cole Keeps Promise to Attend a Fan’s Graduation
When J. Cole makes a promise, he stands by his word. Two years ago, a New Jersey high school student Ceirra Bosarge wrote the “Crooked…
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Charles Barkley to Donate $1 Million to HBCU Morehouse College
NBA legend Charles Barkley makes headlines for his sometimes controversial comments, but this time around he is gaining attention for a very worthy reason. During…
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Class of 2015 ‘Whips’ and ‘Nae Naes’ at Graduation
The seniors at Kahuku High and Intermediate School in Hawaii went out with a bang. With a medley of hit pop and hip hop songs,…
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Georgia Principal Fired over ‘Black People’ Graduation Comment
The principal whose racist comments at a graduation ceremony last week garnered national attention and sparked outrage has been fired. Dr. Heidi Anderson, chair of…
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Georgia School Founder Apologizes for ‘Black People’ Comment at Graduation
Over the weekend, video of a Georgia high school founder who criticized the audience at a graduation by making offensive remarks went viral. The woman seen in the…
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Amandla Stenberg Gives Compelling Lesson on Cultural Appropriation
“What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we love black culture?” That’s the very appropriate question 16-year-old actress Amandla Stenberg,…
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University of Oklahoma Fraternity Closed After Racial Chant
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity was kicked off campus at the University of Oklahoma Sunday night after a nine-second video surfaced on March 8. The…
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Viral ‘Uptown Funk’ Tribute Brings Bruno Mars to Tears
Bruno Mars, you have some competition. Scot Pankey, a theater teacher at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School in Dallas decided to make his…
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Eminem Honors Dr. Dre At WSJ Innovator Awards
After shooting his music video for “Guts Over Fear” in Detroit, Eminem made a surprise appearance at Wall Street Journal Magazine‘s fourth annual Innovator Awards…
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Nicki Minaj Claims Former High School Denied Her Visit , Principal Responds
Yesterday, Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to express her disappointment- and possibly her anger- that the principal of her former high school, Fiorello H. LaGuardia…
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New Study Reveals Color Of Debt For Black Students
“Student debt today has a color,” said Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor at University of Wisconsin said after recent research showed Black students rely on student…
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Diploma Of Harvard’s First African-American Up For Auction
The original Harvard College diploma received by the school’s first African-American graduate will be up for auction by the Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on Wednesday. The…
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Black Students Face Major Classroom Disadvantage Early On
The Supreme Court decision for Brown v. Board of Education ruled to integrate classrooms but more than sixty years after the ruling, blacks and whites…
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Alicia Keys, Jennifer Garner and More Appear in Let Girls Learn PSA
Dozens of familiar faces in entertainment are joining a U.S. government effort to support girls’ education around the globe. Alicia Keys, Tyler Perry, Shonda Rhimes,…
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LeVar Burton Surpasses Kickstarter Goal for ‘Reading Rainbow’ In One Day
“Butterfly in the sky. I can go twice as high. Take a look. It’s in a book. A Reading Rainbow.” Those lyrics are familiar to…
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NY Student Accepted Into Eight Ivy League Colleges Picks Yale
A 17-year-old senior from Long Island applied to eight Ivy League schools, and to his surprise, was accepted by every single one: Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth,…
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Houston Teacher Arrested For Giving Middle Student a Lap Dance
A Houston middle teacher was arrested last week for allegedly giving one of her students a seductive lap for his birthday in front of the…
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Ivy League Scholarship Story Stirs Up African American Culture vs. African Culture Debate
The story of a black student being accepted by all eight Ivy League schools is a great accomplishment that has made headlines, but now the…
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Report: Huge Education Barriers For African-American, Latino Kids
African-American, Latino and American-Indian children face greater barriers to succeed than their peers, according to a new policy report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The “Race…
