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Jan 12, 2012 at 9:27 am

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African-American Boys Receive Less Attention, Lower Grades And Harsher Punishment In School

A recent study by the Yale University Child Study Center shows that Black children — especially boys — no matter their family income, receive less attention, harsher punishment and lower marks in school than their White counterparts from kindergarten all the way through college. A subsequent article published in “The Washington Post” reported that Black children in the Washington, D.C. area are suspended or expelled two to five times more often than White children. It’s a

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Dec 28, 2011 at 5:00 am

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NCAA Schools Object To Multi-year Scholarships, But Pay Coaches More

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — For the second time in less than two weeks, schools are objecting to a reform measure sought by university presidents and endorsed by NCAA president Mark Emmert.

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More than 75 schools are asking to override a plan approved in October to allow multi-year athletic scholarships rather than the one-year renewable awards schools currently provide. That’s the minimum number of dissenters

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Dec 21, 2011 at 10:00 pm

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Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj Named “Teachers of the Year”?

Better Education Place, a South Florida-based education company, has named both Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj their “Teachers of the Year.” According to the company’s media page, in order to receive the award, nominees, which included actual teachers, were judged against seven categories:

The duo along with several other teachers

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Dec 13, 2011 at 2:36 pm

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White Forbes Author Writes “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” Article

Gene Marks, a contributor to Forbes Magazine has written an article entitled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid.” The premise of the article is that despite economic and racial inequalities, education and technology is the new equalizer.

Marks states that if he were a poor Black kid, he would utilize technology and attempt to get into private or charter schools and focus on academics. What Marks does not explain is if

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Dec 7, 2011 at 5:00 am

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Ludacris Announces Educational Website For Kids

Allhiphop.com is reporting that rapper Ludacris is launching a new website for kids to learn academic and social skills, Karmasworld.com :

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“The site touches on subjects like, the rewards of hard work and importance of learning manners as well as the idea that doing good deeds for others will bring good into your life – which is the meaning of the word Karma,”

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Nov 30, 2011 at 9:57 am

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Free Lunch Programs Surge As Families Weather Economic Downturn

Millions of American school children are receiving free or reduced lunches for the first time as America’s economic downturn has left many middle-class families struggling to make it.

The number of students recieiving subsidized lunch rose 17 percent since the 2006, according to Department of Agriculture data gathered by the New York Times. Eleven states had four-year increases of

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Nov 7, 2011 at 12:20 pm

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Rappers Promote Education At “I Will Graduate” Event

Rappers Maino and Jim Jones, along with TV host and actor Terrence J were among the various celebrities in attendance at the third annual “I Will Graduate Day.”

The event, put on by New York Non-Profit Entertainers for Education Alliance (E4EA), aims to encourage and inspire young people to live their dreams

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Oct 10, 2011 at 5:52 pm

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NY Times Promotes Lies About African Americans And Technology

I was in the middle of my Sunday ritual of reading the tech sections of various publications when I came across a story on the New York Times website that discussed the level of effectiveness of classroom software as a means to improve leaning opportunities for youth across the company.

I agree that this topic needs to be discussed but it needs to be discussed from a viewpoint that takes the children’s needs into effect instead of just looking at

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Sep 9, 2011 at 8:20 am

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White Teacher Complains on Facebook that She’s a ‘Warden for Future Criminals’

Jennifer O’Brien, a first grade teacher in Paterson, N.J., posted remarks on Facebook that her class that’s made up of mostly black and Latino students were “future criminals.” Rev. Kenneth Clayton tells us it hasn’t gotten any better.

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Aug 31, 2011 at 6:50 am

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Are schools suffering from a African-American brain drain?

“‘Why are Jamaicans doing so well? What’s wrong with these blacks from the United States?’ This kind of narrative emerges every time there’s a new immigrant group that comes to the United States that’s black.”

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