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The budget amendment comes from state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), and was announced in a June 26 news release issued by the office of Nikki Fortunato-Bass, president of the Oakland City
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HBCUs Could Receive Funding To Recover From Bomb Threats
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New York Mayor Eric Adams Is Stuck On Bringing Back The ‘Tough-On-Crime’ Approach Rejected Under White Predecessors
Speaking with Anderson Cooper, New York's new mayor endorses a tough-on-crime approach and treats homeless people and those with mental health issues as a problem for the city.
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Op-Ed: Fixing New York City’s Homelessness Crisis Is an American Priority
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In particular, African Americans, Latinx Americans and other people of color are disproportionately, devastatingly impacted by COVID-19 and are also disproportionately entrapped with homelessness across America. The New York City homeless rates are at the tipping point of this
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Parent letter rips City Hall silence on Gifted and Talented programs
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STX Parents Express Mixed Emotions About Return of Virtual School
As the 2021-2022 school year is set to begin virtually on Monday, parents on St. Croix have mixed emotions about their children returning to school.
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90% of teachers anxious about contracting Covid-19 at school - Survey
Many teachers feel that not enough has been done to protect both them and their learners as Covid-19 infection rates continue to rise, expressing skepticism over what improvements can realistically be made between now and February.
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It Could Take Years For Miguel Cardona To Repeal Betsy DeVos’ Harmful Title IX Policy
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Betsy DeVos and the politics of fear: A not-so-fond farewell to Trump's education secretary - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
DeVos was terrible at her job and knew nothing about public schools. That was exactly what the far right wanted
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Hints At Phasing Out Vaccine Mandate Paving Way For Kyrie Irving To Hoop In Brooklyn
NYC's polarizing new Mayor Eric Adams announced during a press conference on Wednesday (Feb.23) that he plans to phase out the vaccine mandate that has protected residents from those who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the coming weeks. This means Kyrie Irving can play in Brooklyn
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Adams appoints controversial former councilmember to cultural affairs post
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Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC’s mayoral race
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Top Seeds Win Opening Games in St. Thomas/St. John IAA Basketball Championships
The St. Thomas/St. John Interscholastic Athletic Association (IAA) Basketball best-of-three Championship Series began on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in the Junior Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls Divisions at the Mark C. Marin Cent
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V.I. Schools Prepping for More Virtual Classes As COVID-19 Surges
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NYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams to take oath in Times Square
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Is Getting Dragged For Dunkin’ Donuts Comments About ‘Low Skill Workers’ Lacking ‘Academic Skills’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is under heavy criticism for saying, "My low-skilled workers, my cooks, my dishwashers, my messengers, my shoe-shine people, those who work at Dunkin' Donuts—they don't have the academic skills to sit in the corner office."
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Expelling Asian Americans from top schools proves NYC education is off the rails
The most serious threat to Asian-American New Yorkers is the Department of Education’s ill-disguised effort to eliminate merit-test-based admission to the city’s eight highly selective high schools. The process is dominated by Asian kids to the virtual exclusion of black and Hispanic students.
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PRESS ROOM: City Awarded $7.5 Million In Project Homekey State Funding to Acquire Building for Transitional Age Youth Housing | Post News Group
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OP-ED: The White House Supports HBCUs | BlackPressUSA
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Ramachandran is the Only Candidate Who Lives in Oakland in the District 18 Assembly Race 
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Supt. Thurmond Deploys 3 Million COVID Tests to Speed Up Safe School Reopening - Voice and Viewpoint
Bo Tefu | California Black Media State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond expanded an existing pilot testing program, adding 3 million free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to accelerate the safe reopening of schools across California. “Being able to
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KING/MORIAL: Advocate for a Racial Justice Agenda at the U.S. Department of Education
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Eric Adams Elected Mayor of New York City
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