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Colonial Schoolhouse Discovery Is An Opportunity For U.S. Racial History Lesson : NPR

The Williamsburg Bray School was an 18th-century, pro-slavery school for educating enslaved and free Black students. A new partnership is calling to educate the public about this history.

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Tulsa Public Schools Parents Plan Protest To Support In-Person Instruction | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.kjrh.com By: Sierra Pizarro There is a tug-of-war between parents and the Tulsa Public Schools district. They are torn between distance learning and in-person instruction. Parents who want to go back to school will make their pull known at a scheduled protest called Rally for Choice. TPS

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Full Text | Children must not be discriminated against, says Prime Minister

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has released a statement saying children must not be discriminated against or deprived of their right to an education on the basis of their hairstyle. He was responding to Friday's ruling in relation...

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Louis A. Reeves Archer: Dedicated Educator to the African American Community

A dedicated teacher, Louise A. Reeves Archer a well-known and dedicated educator to the African American community. Archer grew up in North Carolina and attended Livingstone College. She taught school in Southampton County, Virginia, where she married Romulus C. Archer Jr. in 1915. They moved to

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Parents petition govt over teachers’ strike

PARENTS have given the government a seven-day ultimatum to resolve the salary impasse with teachers, saying the strike was violating children’s right to education. BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE A Bulawayo parent Patrick Sande told NewsDay in an interview that due to the impasse, a group of parents had

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Rita Gilbert Greer, EdD, shares the inspiration, initiative and insights of more than 40 African-American educators

/EIN News/ -- LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When Rita Gilbert Greer, EdD, began thinking about the challenges that today's teachers are dealing with--low wages, lack of respect, little if any, positive recognition, she decided that she wanted to do something to recognize

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MLK Day Celebration focuses on education of 'The Beloved Community' | Atlanta Daily World

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. On January 15, 2021, in celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr., The King Center is calling on

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We need civil society to form a ‘Guardians of School Equity’ group - Stabroek News

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St. Pete High students call for the ‘decolonization’ of Pinellas County curriculum

Yamira Patterson is a junior in the International Baccalaureate program at St. Petersburg High School. By Nicole Slaughter Graham, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - In early June, a petition authored by three St. Petersburg High School students started circulating on Instagram. The petition, which has

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Effective Anti-Racist Education Requires More Diverse Teachers, More Training : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR

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Middleton: It's time we teach our kids what's not in the textbooks - African American News Today - EIN News

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Student athletes worried about US visa revocation - Stabroek News

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced social distancing in every aspect of society, including schools. The article Student athletes worried about US visa revocation appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Should schools reopen any time soon?

Kenyans have until five o’clock today to give their views to the National Covid-19 Education Response Committee that will advise Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on whether schools should reopen on June 4 or the date be

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Learning Outside of the Box: A Look at Educational Opportunities in the Era of COVID-19

By LaKeshia N. Myers We are all reeling from the effects of COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic has turned our world upside down; nowhere is this more apparent than in K-12 schools. As an educator, I will admit that I enjoy teaching online, because I had experience with it at the college

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JTA happy with PEP placement method

MONTEGO BAY, St James Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placements.We were pretty pleased with what they did, in terms of using those scores to compute

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Covid-19: Teachers using fake doctors' notes to avoid returning to school - Limpopo command council | News24

Limpopo's Provincial Coronavirus Command Council has accused some teachers of submitting fake doctor's certificates, on their vulnerability to Covid-19 because of comorbidities, to avoid returning to work on 6 July.

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BCPS News Release – Board of Education Unanimously Endorses Black Lives Matter Resolution | Afro

Resolution proposed by Student Member of the Board Omer Reshid

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Cameroon: UNICEF Alarmed By Spike in School Attacks in Cameroon

[Unicef] Dakar/New York -- UNICEF calls on all parties to protect all children, at school or in their communities and to uphold the principles of the Safe Schools Declaration, which calls for stopping attacks on schools, education facilities and personnel

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McDonald says COVID-19 testing should be standard for students back at schools - Stabroek News

Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) General Secretary Coretta McDonald is in support of students and teachers being tested for COVID-19 for their return to schools, which she says should be standard for all students back at

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Rwanda: Teachers, Parents Warned Against Violating COVID-19 Directives

Teachers moving from home to home to coach students in their respective areas of residence are violating the guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Police have

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‘Our Youth Will Be Taught to Love America’: Trump Vows to Restore 'Patriotic Education' In Schools to Counter the Narrative That Nation Is ‘Wicked and Racist’

On Thursday, Sept. 17, President Donald Trump announced that he would establish a new commission purposed with restoring 'pro-American education' to schools across the nation. […]

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Gary Schools welcomes Gary Native Dr. Tyneasha Banks as Principal of Beveridge Elementary School | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Recently, the Gary Community School Corporation appointed Dr. Tyneasha Banks principal of Beveridge Elementary School, 1234 Cleveland St. in

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TSTA: Governor in too big a hurry to reopen schools while pandemic is still raging

Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria issued the following statement on school

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Former ‘failed school’ hits it big in CSEC, CAPE passes

Once denigrated to the level of ‘failed school’ that needed immediate intervention, the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann’s Bay has, this year, achieved an academic level never before reached in its 33-year history. The school recorded...

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Georgia teacher under fire for saying Breonna Taylor was responsible for her own death - Face2Face Africa

A high school teacher in Georgia is under fire after a video recording of her telling her students Breonna Taylor was responsible for her own death during an online class was shared on social media. In the video of the incident that was shared on Instagram, Susan McCoy, a forensics science teacher

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Cassava Edutech launches Akello E-library, an online library platform - NewsDay Zimbabwe

Cassava Edutech has launched the Akello E-library, an online library platform offering numerous school curriculum books set to support the Zimbabwe’s education sector. Remarking on the launch, CEO of Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, the holding company of Cassava Edutech, Eddie Chibi, said they were

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Africa: Impact of School Closures On Education Outcomes in South Africa

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Coping, Classrooms & COVID | Roots (Community) | The Michigan Chronicle

Coping, Classrooms & COVID A conversation with Mental Health Professionals for parents, students and teachers Friday, December 4, 2020 - Detroit, Michigan. New Paradigm For Education is excited to announce its virtual town hall series “Learning During A Pandemic” Part 2 of 6 taking place on Zoom

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Street Academy’s Parents and Teachers Plan Together for School in the Fall

A happy mix of Oakland Street Academy staff and parents planned the school’s approach to distance learning together at an evening Zoom meeting. It was not like a lot of education meetings. Parents weren’t being “talked at.” They came with their children. The Spanish translation was homey and

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