3-Year Pipeline Initiative Recruits Black Men As Public School Teachers
NYC Men Teach, a three-year pipeline program, has a goal of recruiting 1,000 men of color into the teaching profession. Two years into the program...
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Why Teacher Diversity Matters
And I wrote just this morning about a Mexican American studies program in Tucson, Arizona—taught by Mexican American teachers—in which 100% of its enrolled students...
E-Mentoring Program Brings Professionals into Lives of Kids in Need
Zolt also says that the effort is collaborative. "We need local sponsors, local schools, and especially business owners of color. When business owners of color...
College Gurl Foundation Takes Students on Whirlwind HBCU College Tour
Twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Brown, also known as the College Gurl, is serious about making sure underserved, underresourced students have access to information about college and college...
The Gates Foundation Shifts Its Education Gears
He reiterated the organization's concern that all students—especially low income students and students of color—have access to a public education that prepares them for adulthood....
HBCU Faculty Earn a Lot Less Than Their Non-HBCU Peers
This isn't exactly news. According to the most recent issue of the NEA Higher Education Advocate, a quarterly publication of the National Education Association, in...
College Aid Fails to Keep Up with Tuition Increases
The College Board released two reports yesterday—Trends in College Pricing and Trends in Student Aid—that illustrate how even when colleges increase their tuition and fees...
[Watch] Teacher Uses Hip-Hop to Empower Kids in Math and Life
Terrence Sims is a 6th grade teacher at Milwaukee Excellence. He created a hip-hop video featuring his students to get them, “pumped..."...
Former NBA Champ Uses Art to Raise Scholarship Money for Ball Players
Walker, a former point guard with the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls, and former head coach of the Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards, sells...
No Regrets – How to Make Informed Decisions About College
According to research from Gallup, however, that’s unlikely. A majority—51%—of U.S. adults regret at least one of these key higher education decisions—and African Americans and...