Education Articles

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  Help Your Child Overcome School Stress

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • October 17, 2011
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  The school bus is coming. Is your first-grader hiding under his bed? At least one out of 50 school-age children experience significant anxiety about going to school in the beginning of the year, according to recent surveys. Some kids react by refusin...
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  Organization Deploys 2,000 Young Adults in Nation's Most Challenged Schools

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  • October 7, 2011
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  City Year, a national organization that unites young people for a year of service in high-need urban schools, held Opening Day ceremonies across the country today deploying 2,000 young, energetic corps members to 187 high-poverty schools in 21 U.S. c...
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  Study Reveals Dramatic Growth In Certificates, Degrees Awarded to Minorities By Community Colleges

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  • October 5, 2011
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  Minority Students Show Triple-Digit Increases in Credentials Earned
  Attainment of credentials -- certificates and degrees -- at community colleges has seen triple-digit increases over the last two decades, especially among minority students, and far...
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  NAACP Legal Defense Fund Kicks Off Conference on School Discipline

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • October 3, 2011
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  Race, Gender, Discipline and Justice: Students Locked Out of a Quality Education
  The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) along with the African American Male Achievement Group, Inc. (AMA) began a three-day multi-stakeholder convenin...
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  President Obama Calls on Students to 'Make Their Mark' During Back-to-School Address

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 29, 2011
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  Today, in his third annual "Back-to-School" address, President Barack Obama called on students across the country to put their passion, ideas and energy into action to help bring America back to the top. He encouraged this generation to make their ma...
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  Tavis Smiley Foundation to Launch Parent Education Summits

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 28, 2011
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  The Tavis Smiley Foundation announced today it will host a series of parent education seminars nationwide to give parents tools and information on how they can ensure their child's success in learning.The Too Important to Fail Parent Education Summit...
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  Report: Lower Teacher Salaries Equals Less Opportunity for Black/Latin Students

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 28, 2011
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  Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02), a Congressional leader in education reform and fairness, says a new report today by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights provides the hard facts for something educators have always known: studen...
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  Study Reveals Pervasiveness of Cyberbullying, Digital Discrimination and Sexting

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 27, 2011
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  MTV and The Associated Press today revealed the results of a new study exploring the pervasiveness of digital abuse, how it is affecting America's youth and how they're responding to it. According to the study, 76 percent of 14-24 year olds say that ...
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  Study: Single-Sex Schools Have Negative Impact on Kids

  • Posted by Mommy Brown
  • September 23, 2011
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  Boys and girls may be opposites, but new research shows that in the classroom, separating the two sexes may not be the best way for either gender to learn and grow.A new report, published in the journal Science, states that students who attend single...
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  Annual "Wake Up and Get Schooled" Campaign Aimed at Encouraging More Students to Get to School Every Day

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  • September 22, 2011
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  As students across the country get back into the swing of school, too many teenagers are stepping out and missing class, putting themselves at risk of falling behind or dropping out. The Get Schooled Foundation today launched the Wake Up and Get Scho...