Second black teen suspended over dreadlocks at Texas school
A second teenager at a Texas high school was suspended and told he could not return to class until he cut his dreadlocks to be in complian...
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Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Black families increasingly choose to homeschool kids
The practice of homeschooling has been steadily on the rise across the United States over the past two decades. Black families are part of...
Program teaches prisoners coding so they can land tech jobs once released
Prisons house more than 2 million people in America right now. According to the Department of Justice, it’s estimated 650,000 people wil...
Should Black Athletes Go To Black Schools?
Top-tier black college athletes should take their talents to historically black institutions. That's the argument that Jemele Hill is ...
University Of The Virgin Islands Becomes First Four-Year HBCU To Offer Free Tuition
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) has become the first four-year HBCU to offer free tuition to students. The Virgin Islands Hig...
Teacher allegedly calls student a ‘sassy slut’ then receives punishment of six day paid suspension (BLOG)
A life science teacher at private Evangel Christian Academy School in Shreveport, Louisiana caused a 12-year-old student to sob after al...
Tennessee close to approving free community college for all high school grads (BLOG)
Tennessee Gov. William Haslam has proposed that his state use lottery funds to provide high-school graduates with two free years of educ...
Philadelphia School Partnership to make $2.6 million in grants (BLOG)
The influential Philadelphia School Partnership, organized to raise $100 million for high-performing city schools, on Tuesday announced i...
School loops Justin Bieber in hallways until students hit charity goal (BLOG)
Just about everyone has an opinion on Justin Bieber. But would you literally pay money out of your own pocket just to make his music sto...
Mich. college offers course in zombies, apocalypse (BLOG)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Some Central Michigan University students are getting schooled in the undead this semester, thanks to a reli...
High school outlaws yoga pants and leggings (BLOG)
A recently enforced ban on yoga pants and leggings by a high school in Rockport, Massachusetts, has some students and parents saying the ...
Sandusky gets 30-60 years prison for child abuse (BLOG)
(Reuters) - Serial child molester Jerry Sandusky, a former Pennsylvania State University football coach, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years i...
Chicago Students Return to Class as Strike Ends (BLOG)
Chicago children returned to school on Wednesday after teachers ended a seven-day strike that disrupted the daily routines of thousands of...
Chicago mayor sues to end teachers strike (BLOG)
Updated at 11:10 a.m. ET: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking the teachers strike to court. Emanuel made good Monday on promised legal ac...
'Sexting' May Go Hand-in-Hand With Unprotected Sex Among Teens (BLOG)
(HealthDay News) -- Teens who "sext" sexually explicit texts or images are probably taking other sexual risks as well, with new ...
Beware of Back-To-School Germs (BLOG)
New knowledge? Sure -- and new germs. Send the kids back to school, and wait for the bugs they'll inevitably bring home. "Prevent...
Judge Won’t Block Pennsylvania Voter-ID Law (BLOG)
HARRISBURG, Pa.—A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday refused to stop a tough new voter-identification law from taking effect, which Democrats...
New strain of swine flu infects 145 people (BLOG)
A new type of swine flu has infected at least 145 people, mostly children, since July 12, according to the Centers for Disease Control an...
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