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The state of Black and Hispanic student academic performance in Pinellas – the COQEBS view
Dr. Ricardo A. Davis, President, COQEBS By Dr. Ricardo A. Davis, President, COQEBS PINELLAS COUNTY The primary issue with social justice and public education (not unique to Pinellas) is the achievement gap.  This phenomenon has existed for as long as we have been evaluating public schools (Brown
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Minority-Owned Miestro.com Paves Faster, Simpler Path for the Massive E-Learning Space Industry | BlackPressUSA
NPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s never been a better time for professionals to leverage their knowledge and expertise and build recurring revenue through the development of online courses,” says Justin Burns, the 33-year-old founder of Miestro.com. “Our platform was created to allow users to easily create
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Missouri Governor Insists on Sending Kids Back to School Amid COVID
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson stated that children have to go back to school in the fall and that some of them will get COVID-19 but they will "get over it."
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Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag | Dallas Weekly
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem thats broadly condemned as racist. The flags supporters resisted efforts to change it for decades, but rapid developments in recent weeks have changed dynamics on this issue in the
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Federal judge arrested in ‘TSU riots’ speaks | Afram News
May 17, 1967 was a day Federal Judge Kenneth Hoyt will never forget. What started as a protest, ended with the death of a Houston police officer and hundreds of Texas Southern University students in jail.
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SPC has releases preliminary comeback plan and guidelines for fall 2020
Dr. Tonjua Williams, St. Petersburg College president PINELLAS COUNTY Starting Aug. 17, St. Petersburg College will hold a portion of classes on campus, including labs, healthcare, public safety, and other programs that require hands-on learning, as well as some general education courses where
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Literary spotlight: What to read while you wait – Daytona Times
Editor’s note: Donna Gray-Banks is the author of Ila’s Diamonds I, II and III and the host of “A F.R.E.S.H. Conversation’’ on Joy 106.3 FM. BY DONNA M. GRAY-BANKS SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES As we continue to live safe and stay in place, here are more authors and their books you might want to
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Gary Community School Corporation Wins Approval to Hold Referendum That Would Help Achieve Balanced Budget | The Crusader Newspaper Group
If referendum passes, first $1 million would go to teachers, who haven’t received a raise in 12 years The Indiana Distressed Unit Appeal Board (DUAB) voted on July 9, 2020 in favor of the Gary Community School Corporation (GCSC) holding a referendum in November that, if passed, would help achieve
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Professor Eddie Glaude's top 5 books to contextualize the US uprisings : TheGrio
I recently interviewed Professor Eddie Glaude, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University for theGrio on Instagram Live. As we discussed his new book Begin Again: James Baldwins America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, I was
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Newswire : Mississippi surrenders Confederate symbol from state flag
By: Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. A broad coalition
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When schools reopen, are parents sending their kids? | Atlanta Daily World
by Karen Juanita Carrillo The onset of August usually means it’s time for kids to get ready to head back to school. But 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic has meant that if … Continued The post When schools reopen, are parents sending their kids? appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
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GCSC officially kicks off Enrollment Campaign | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Strong, Resilient Built for Education! On Friday, June 19, which was also Juneteenth, the Gary Community School Corporation officially launched its 2020 Enrollment campaign. “Undoubtedly, COVID-19 changed the entire landscape of education almost overnight! School districts everywhere were forced
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Mississippi Votes To Remove Confederate Symbol From State Flag
This week the Mississippi state legislature passed a historic vote to remove the Confederate symbol from its state flag as the last state to still feature the image as its state symbol.
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COVID-19 Could Mean Better Pricing from Your College of Choice. Heres How to Ask - Milwaukee Community Journal
If your financial aid offer is lower than you had hoped, you don’t have to settle for paying more—especially if the pandemic and the subsequent downturn have hit you hard. Financial guru Eric Tyson, MBA, shares strategies parents can use to get a better price. Hoboken, NJ (July 2020)—COVID-19 has
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Black folks who want to grill July 4 and stay woke -- honor Tuskegee instead
We have been in quarantining, social distancing and ignoring the reality of the COVID-19 threat (depending on what state you live in and where you get your information) for roughly 110 days. Ironically, about the same number of days since Breonna Taylor was killed in her own home by police officers
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Inglewood’s Choice to Quickly Close Elementary School Harms Children and Hurts Our Community - Los Angeles Sentinel
This is the path the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) took when it decided to close Warren Lane TK-7 Elementary School. The school serves predominantly African-American students in the Morningside Park community in the city of
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Alabama Power holds informational meeting and exhibition on plans to close and seal coal ash pond at Greene County Steamplant near Forkland, AL
By: John Zippert,Co-Publisher and Editor On Monday June 29, 2020 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Alabama Power Company held an informational meeting and exhibition on its plans to close and seal a 474 acre coal ash pond, located on its Greene County Steamplant site, near the Town of Forkland in the southern
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Newswire: Breonna Taylor’s family claims no aid was offered after she was fatally shot
By: Stephanie Guerilus, The Grio Breonna Taylor’s family is not only holding the Louisville police responsible for her death but they are now alleging that medical aid wasn’t offered to the young woman after she was fatally shot eight times. The bombshell claim was made Sunday in a new 31-page
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Betsy DeVos Sued for Illegally Trying to Transfer Pandemic Relief Funds from Public to Private Schools
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Alex Brandon/AP, Getty/eccolo74 A billionaire bureaucrat who runs the nations federal-level education funding agency is being sued again for what media reports are calling unlawful activity. The District of Columbia (D.C.) and a number of Democratic states have
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Calls for more teachers, despite uncertainty over schooling
The announcement comes as the future of schooling for the year hangs in the balance, as calls grow for academic activities to be suspended
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Newswire: Barack Obama, other celebs tip caps to Negro Leagues’ 100th Anniversary
By: Jim LItke, AP Barack Obama tipped his cap. So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro Leagues. The campaign launched Monday with photos
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Mary Trump Reveals Pres. Trump Paid Someone To Take His SATs
President Donald Trump's niece's new tell-all book about the Trump family reveals that the president paid someone to take the SATs for him.
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Chicago State University on the Frontline of Education Equity and Bridging the Wealth Gap in Black and Latinx Communities | Chicago Defender
Last Thursday, June 11, 2020, Chicago State University (CSU) launched a new program, Cougar Commitment Initiative (CCI), which plans to establish an equal playing field for Black and Latinx students as it pertains to obtaining a college degree, being successful throughout their undergraduate
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Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Honors Senior Thesis Projects Virtually
By Hayley Crandall In the age of social distancing rules and disease prevention guidelines, many organizations have been exploring the digital space as a means of holding events. Colleges certainly have not been an exception to these adventures. Milwaukee Institute of Art Design (MIAD) is holding
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Black America speaks. America should listen.
Last night I was sitting in my living room and a convoy of trucks drove by my home filled with law enforcement and National Guard troops. I am a 59-year old African-American man and this brought back vivid childhood memories. On April 4, 1968, 18 days before my seventh birthday, I was in the middle
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US Supreme Court supports Black Gwinnett College students freedom of speech | Atlanta Daily World
Georgia Gwinnett College’s speech policies previously forbid any expression “which disturbs the peace and/or comfort of person(s)” and restricted speech to two tiny speech zones that made up less than 0.0015 percent of campus and were open only 18 hours per week. School officials used the policies
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Lane Elementary School to remain open for school year -
INGLEWOOD — Warren Lane Elementary School is off the chopping block in Inglewood. The school that serves kindergarten through seventh grade students will remain open during the upcoming school year, after parents rallied against the hastily planned school closure by the Inglewood Unified School
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HBCUs Concerned About Survival Amid Pandemic
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Local High Schools Adjust and Proceed with the New Normal - Free Press of Jacksonville
After waiting months to cross the stage, Jean Ribault High School held their 62nd Commencement ceremony at their Alvin White Stadium with parents and family members in attendance. More than 300 students graduated sharing the [...]
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Milwaukee Public Schools reopening plan approved by Board of School Directors
Milwaukee Public Schools' (MPS) phased-in reopening recommendation for the 2020-21 school year was unanimously approved by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. The Board, in a 7-2 vote, also approved to maintain the early and traditional start calendars for the school year. The phased-in
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