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  Panel Discussion: Building African American Girl Leaders

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 22, 2011
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  Together with BET Networks, Girl Scouts of the USA and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) are sponsoring a panel discussion featuring Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, Representative Karen Bass (D-CA), Essenc...
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  Less Physical Bullying in Schools According To Study

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 20, 2011
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  Schools using a bullying prevention program saw significantly less physical bullying and fewer teachers reporting fighting as a big problem, according to a study conducted by the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington to be...
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  U.S. Students Continue to Stall on SATs

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 15, 2011
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  Jeanne Allen, president of The Center for Education Reform, released the following statement regarding today's SAT score analysis for college-bound seniors:
  "Student achievement remains stagnant, and we continue to let failure fester in our educatio...
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  Tavis Smiley Confronts the Miseducation of Black Boys in a National Primetime Special

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  • September 9, 2011
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  As the school year gets underway, broadcaster Tavis Smiley tackles the subject of education with a new PBS primetime special, an interactive website, and a companion e-book that will examine an undeclared crisis in America—the staggering dropou...
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  More Students Are Using the Information Highway as Their Route to School

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  • September 9, 2011
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  Instead of hopping on a school bus this September, an estimated 27,000 students across Pennsylvania flipped open their laptops and entered the virtual classroom of one Pennsylvania's 11 cyber charter schools or one of a growing number of public schoo...
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  Study: Shows Positive Impact of Higher Quality Classroom Light on Reading Competency of U.S. Students

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 8, 2011
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  Elementary school students performed better in oral reading fluency achievement, a key component of reading comprehension, when exposed to a higher quality of classroom light, according to a study by Philips and the University of Mississippi. The stu...
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  African-American Parents Plan Program To Assist Students Prepare For College Success

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 2, 2011
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  The Council of African-American Parents, in partnership with equally determined collegiate and community groups, refuses to let black students fall through educational cracks of poor performance, bad attitude and lack of preparation.The Diamond Bar-b...
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  Ethnic-Minority Kids Feel Stigma In School

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • August 31, 2011
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  Children stigmatized because of ethnic-minority backgrounds often feeling devalued in school and feel more anxious about school, U.S. researchers say.Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, and New York University say children who a...
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  Survey: Nearly Half of Parents Are Unaware If Cyberbullying Is an Issue at Their Child's School

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • August 29, 2011
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  While 89 percent of parents said they talk to their children about proper Internet safety, 40 percent do not know if cyberbullying is an issue at their child's school, according to findings of Awareness Technologies' new survey of parents using WebWa...
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  POVERTY AND FAILURE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM WEIGH ON BLACK STUDENTS

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  • August 26, 2011
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  Since 1968, the black middle class in America has quadrupled, Henry Louis (Skip) Gates told a packed house at the Edgartown Whaling Church on Thursday evening.
  But that was the only positive news in an otherwise bleak survey of the state of black ed...