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The Importance of Higher Education

The Importance of Higher Education By Sister Lynette Lewis, Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church DOLA Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church in Bowie, Maryland, was able to bless four of its high school graduating you…

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By MOLLIE FINCH BELT The Dallas Examiner As a youth, I went to K.B. Polk and George Washington Carver Elementary schools and Lincoln High School in the 1950s. Schools in Dallas were segregated [...] The post My life growing up in Texas appeared first on Dallas Examiner.

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Ted Howard Leaving Garfield, Accepts Position In Tukwila - The Seattle Medium

In a bittersweet moment, Garfield High School Principal Ted Howard II announced the he has accepted an offer to become the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) for the Tukwila School District, and will leave Garfield after serving 16 years as

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AT least 1,500 University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona students have applied for leave of absence from their studies because they were either without Internet access or did not have devices to access their online last semester.This was disclosed recently by Sujae Boswell, president of the UWI

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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—NIKKO A. JENKINS, Clairton High School | New Pittsburgh Courier

The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Nikko A. Jenkins, as he graduated from Clairton High School. The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—NIKKO A. JENKINS, Clairton High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.

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