U.S. Education Inequality And The Cradle To Prison Pipeline
Marian Wright Edelman Those unable to read and compute and graduate from high school are being sentenced to social and economic death This has been a hard year…
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Education: Sharpton Wants Justice Scalia To Recuse Self From Texas University Case
Justice Antonin Scalia At the National Action Network's Weekly rally tomorrow Rev. Al Sharpton will call on Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from the…
Analyzing Justice Antonin Scalia’s Claim That Black Students Perform Better At “Slower-Track” Schools
Justice Antonin Scalia Some have blasted Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for making seemingly racist and insensitive claims about Black students during oral argument in Fisher v.…
Sharpton, AFT, Say “Every Student Succeeds” Repairs Deficiencies In “No Child Left Behind”
Rev. Sharpton National Action Network's President Rev. Al Sharpton has praised the signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act into law by President Barack Obama, saying it repairs…
Education Reform Leads To Higher Graduation Rates And More STEM Teachers — Obama
President Obama's remarks today at ceremony to sign Every Student Succeeds Act. South Court Auditorium, Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Also in attendance were some young students, including Antonio…
Focus: Black Star Annual Dinner Honoree Natasha Green
Honoree Natasha Green Natasha Green is a Tech-preneur for "We Intervene," an online Referral Management System for Schools. “We Intervene” focuses on empowering school counselors and parent-coordinators to…
On Parental Involvement, STEM Education And U.S. National Security
Author sees danger unless there's significant increase in U.S. STEM education Since last year, Black and Latino children attained majority status in our nation's public school system. Notably,…
Dr. Adelaide Sanford, Renowned Educator, Celebrates 90th Birthday In Harlem
Dr. Adelaide Sanford, a resolute and venerated scholar and “Queen Mother” of educational, social and Africanist activism celebrated her 90th birthday with the intellectual nationalist community in New…
“Success”? Predatory Education And Subprime Schools
Fatima Geidy, the parent of a child formerly enrolled in Success Academies As alluded to in a recent DailyNews editorial there is, indeed, a wind blowing against New…
Taking Action on College Racial Harassment
Arne Duncan In recent weeks, incidents at the University of Missouri and Yale University have placed in the public eye a set of issues that are familiar and…