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Press Release - "It brings me joy to be considered and compensated by the government, just like other teachers," says Angelique Ayinkamiye, a nursery teacher in Kigali, Rwanda.

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(DALLAS, TX) – Kayla James of Grand Prairie, TX, and Kayla Seals of Rowlett, TX are the recipients of this year’s Teen Graffiti Education Scholarships for their outstanding commitment to education and community service. James and Seals will each receive a $250.00 Book Scholarship. Kayla James is

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MKE Fellows and The Links, Inc. Develop Virtual Learning Program for MPS Students

By Karen Stokes Schools across the country are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Education Week’s website, four U.S. territories, 43 states and the District of Columbia have ordered or recommended school building closures for the rest of the academic year, affecting approximately

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Displaced workers can get fast training at SPC

PINELLAS COUNTY When COVID-19 forced the closure of shops, restaurants, hotels, bars, and entertainment venues, many people found themselves without jobs. Though job loss is regrettable, St. Petersburg Colleges Dean of Workforce Development Michael Ramsey says the downtime is a great time to earn

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School Board Is Equally Responsible For The Racial Regression Of Seattle Public Schools - The Seattle Medium

Our community will make it clear that the current members of the school board -- Liza Rankin, Lisa Rivera-Smith, Chandra N. Hampson, Eden Mack, Zachary DeWolf, Brandon K. Hersey and especially Leslie Harris, because she has been serving since 2016 and is the longest tenured school board member

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Greene County Commission approves resolution requiring face coverings to slow spread of coronavirus; reaches partial agreement with Sheriff on budget shortfall

In a specially called telephone conference call on Monday, June 29, 2020, the Greene County Commission adopted a resolution requiring people to wear face coverings, when they are in public settings, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.The resolution is a response to the continuing

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

New California rules mean most schools will start online - Black News Channel

By JOCELYN GECKER and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With the first day of school just weeks away in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out sweeping new rules Friday that all but ensure most of the state's K-12 schools serving 6.7 million students will not

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Carr’s Candor

Dr. Nicole Carr, Pinellas County School Board Member By Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D., Contributor PINELLAS COUNTY On June 11, President Maria Scruggs and the NAACP hosted a virtual community discussion entitled the “Hidden Faces of Racism” with one 120 participants. Presenters from law

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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

If coronavirus cases continue spiking, SCS Supt. Ray says he cannot ‘in good faith’ open school buildings - TSDMemphis.com

If coronavirus hospitalizations and cases continue to surge, Memphis students will start the school year online, Supt. Joris Ray said Friday. “If we are where we are today, in good faith I could not open schools,” the Shelby County Schools leader told Chalkbeat. “And when I say open

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Our HBCUs: They Have Overcome And Will Do So Again.

Today America has 101 HBCUs located in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These institutions had to overcome tremendous obstacles just to come into existence. They are adversity-hardened and time-tested. Working together, and working with willing partners in both

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COVID-19

As of July 8, 2020 at 10:00 AMAlabama had 46,424 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 1,032 deaths Greene County had 188 confirmed cases with 8 deaths; 22 more cases in a weekSumter Co. had 285 cases with 12 deaths Hale Co. had 317 cases with 22 deaths Coronavirus Testing in Greene County

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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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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

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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Superintendent makes proposal for reopening schools - WS Chronicle

Earlier this week Superintendent Dr. Angela P. Hairston provided more information on what schools could look like at the start of the 2020-21 school year. The post Superintendent makes proposal for reopening schools appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Georgia Provost: 'We need a Black Agenda!' | Afram News

"Right now, we as Black people need to get us an agenda and we need to discuss all of these disparities that we have in the Black community; education, healthcare and clinics, employment, parks for the youth, food, housing, economic development and the list goes on and on," Georgia Provost said.

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How Can Working Parents Still Teach Their Kids at Home Fall? — The Sacramento Observer

OPINION (CBM) - Last Friday, Gov. Newsom held a press briefing to announce his “Pandemic Plan for Learning and Safe Schools.” Although his plan offers clear guidance on when and how schools should reopen, it doesn’t answer some pressing questions. The governor’s plan incorporates the California

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

U.K. School Hires 10-Year-Old Nigerian Tech Genius As Coding Instructor

Coding and programming prodigy Emmanuella Mayaki was offered a job at the Southfield Primary School as the afterschool coding club teacher.

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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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PJ Pattersons My Political Journey wins prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Award | New York Carib News

The University of the West Indies Press (UWI Press) is pleased to announce that one of its published books, My Political Journey: Jamaica’s Sixth Prime Minister by PJ Patterson, has won a Next Generation Indie Book Award—the ‘Memoirs (Career)’ category for 2020.

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Source: The New York Carib News

Newswire : Aunt Jemima to change name, remove image ‘based on racial stereotype’

By Biba Adams, The Grio After 130 years, Quaker is finally changing the name of their popular pancake brand, Aunt Jemima. Acknowledging that the brand was based on a racial stereotype, the name of the product will change and the imagery removed.Introduced on Nov. 1, 1889, the inspiration for the

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Valerie Watkins seeks Eutaw Council seat, District 1

I, Valerie 'Nippy' Watkins, am running for Eutaw City Council District 1. For many years I have attended City Council meetings, and I have seen how the Mayor and the City Council have been exchanging or expressing their views typically in a heated or angry way. Even though disagreements can

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Georgia's largest school district won't have in-person start | The Atlanta Voice

Georgia’s largest school district has become the latest to move to all-remote learning to start the school year. Gwinnett County Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks announced Monday that the 180,000-student district in suburban Atlanta will not offer in-person classes when it begins instruction on

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Learning Black History Year-Round - Jesse B. Blayton Sr. - The Voice of Black Atlanta

From a small brick building located two blocks from what is now The King Center boomed a voice for Black Atlanta: Jesse B. Blayton Sr. a professor at Clark Atlanta University. It was 1949, and radio was the most popular medium of mass communication for the Black community. Blayton

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Teens to be honored at drive-by parade for Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program on Monday - North Dallas Gazette

While the COVID-19 pandemic is preventing the traditional end-of-summer luncheon celebrating the Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program, a drive-by parade will take its place honoring the hard-working Plano teens who participated this extraordinary summer. The parade will be Monday, July 27, at 11

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Source: North Dallas Gazette

HBCUs Concerned About Survival Amid Pandemic

The schools had also been left to wonder whether they could survive if the virus leads to a prolonged decrease in enrollment, particularly when some students were grieving for parents who had died from the virus.

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Source: The Washington Informer

UC System Picks First Black President

(CALMATTERS) After a six-month search, the University of California Regents picked Michael V. Drake as the new head of the school system, the first Black president in the system’s history. Drake, the former president of Ohio State University and former chancellor of UC Irvine, succeeds Janet

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

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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Alabama Power Foundation grant makes ‘virtual learning’ a reality for rural Greene County students

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Alabama schools to close their traditional classrooms in March, Corey Jones said it hit his students in rural Greene County doubly hard.“We’re one of the poorest school districts in the state, and most of our students don’t have computers or access to the

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

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