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As wildfire season looms, California adds 900 firefighters to its crews - Black Voice News
In summary Fewer inmates are available for hand crews so the state is filling the gap. So far, slightly more acreage has burned this year than last year. California will hire nearly 900 new seasonal firefighters to make up for a dwindling number of firefighting inmates as wildfires already have
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
LISD provides over 240K meals to community | East Texas Review

By Francisco Rojas During the ongoing global pandemic, Longview ISD’s Child Nutrition Department has been ensuring that any student who needed a meal was provided with both breakfast and lunch. From late March through the month of July, a total of 247,047 meals have been provided to students in

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Atlanta to Transform City Jail Into Justice and Equality Center Community Space
The City of Atlanta is moving forward with a plan to  to transform the Atlanta City Detention Center into a space for justice and equity.
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How Parents and Teachers Should Collaborate Before School Begins | Chicago Defender

Teachers are actively planning for learning, kids are headed back to school, and parents are preparing to send them.  Unfortunately, the start of this school year will look different for

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Districts expecting less state education money - The Bay State Banner
Governor Charlie Baker announced Thursday that Massachusetts schools will reopen in the fall under one of three possible scenarios – a full return with social distancing, partial remote teaching, or fully
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Movers and Shakers | Evelyn Forde | Headteacher | Copthall School
Evelyn Forde is the headteacher of Copthall School, a high-performing, multi-cultural girls school based in North London. Tell us about your current job responsibilities,  do you have a typical day, week, month, or quarter? I have a student body of nearly a 1000 students and 140 staff, no day is
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Here Are the 4 Options for Parents of BCS students
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times With the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 health pandemic, Birmingham City Schools (BCS) is offering students, teachers and parents four different learning options for the upcoming school year, which begins August 24. Parents can begin registering students
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LAUSD has no timetable for reopening campuses -
LOS ANGELES — There is still no timetable on when Los Angeles Unified School District campuses may reopen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the district may need to create a balance of online and in-person classes for the next academic year that starts Aug. 18. That was the word from Superintendent
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Help me — help you — help us!
By Ramona Mitchell, 15 | St. Petersburg Youth Farm It’s hard being a teenager in a pandemic as serious as COVID-19.  Although I’m looking forward to entering the 10th grade at Gibbs High School, I’m full of uncertainty and doubt. Adults are not doing much to help protect the people around us, and
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'I Was Asked If I Stole My Car': Black Diplomats Describe Harassment At U.S. Borders - African American News Today - EIN News
In April 2018, Tianna Spears joined the State Department, looking forward to the promise of a fulfilling career. Then 26, she had spent three years
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OP-ED: Returning to School in the Fall Isn't Safe Without a Vaccine. | Chicago Defender
Chicago Public Schools proposed a tentative plan for students to return to in-person instruction in the Fall that gives parents an option to opt-out if they have concerns about the … Continued
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As Portland Goes, So Goes the Nation
Article: As Portland Goes, So Goes the Nation - Perhaps it's time for America to be on, The Left Side of History, or at least for protest signs and T-Shirts to be more emphatically inclusive: White male lives don't matter more than any Red, Black, Brown or Yellow life.
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NOMAD MicroCamps take to the streets with neighborhood-based art enrichment
PINELLAS COUNTY - The wagons are loaded, and NOMADstudio is heading out to decentralize summer camp. In direct response to the impact that COVID-19 has placed on children's access to summer enrichment programs, NOMAD (the Neighborhood-Oriented Mobile Art + Design studio) is sending artists out to
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Word on The Street
Compiled by Erica Wright We asked Birmingham-area residents, What is best for students in the fall, in person or remote classes? LaNese Boyd: “I believe if you can practice the social distancing and if the staff at the schools are committed to making sure the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and
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Timely Soul of a Nation Finally Reaches the MFAH. But See It, Quick! - African American News Today - EIN News
of high-profile killings of African-Americans by law enforcement and private and the joy of its African-American subjects. Jarrell Wadsworth’s Revolutionary
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Texas Medical Association: Governor is Right; Act Now to Stop COVID-19 Spread | East Texas Review
Consequences Loom if Texans Fail to Thwart Spread “The governor is right – we should all wash our hands frequently, stay home if we can, wear masks if we go out, and practice social distancing. “And the governor is right – if we don’t do that now, we face a return to even stricter measures
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Nigeria Partially Opens Schools for Last-Year Exit Exams | Africanews
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The Home Learning Coding Kit Encourages Black Teens To Get Into STEM
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Inland Empire Funders Alliance Announces Launch of Black Equity Fund - Black Voice News
$5 million fundraising goal and an innovative model of philanthropy INLAND EMPIRE, CA—- Thanks to the long-standing leadership of Black-led organizations and the power of the cross-racial coalitions they have built, we are seeing tremendous advancements in racial equity in the United States and
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Concerns over Ethnic Studies' Curriculum Leads to Uproar at Board Meeting - Black Voice News

When Riverside Unified School District’s Board of Education  came under fire over proposed changes to its ethnic studies curriculum, Boardmember Tom Hunt attacked those who brought attention to the issue. Members of the community spoke out during the July 21, 2020 meeting of the Riverside

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Get Ready! — The Sacramento Observer
With area districts planning to have students continue to stay home for the upcoming school year, parents are looking for ways to improve their children’s distance learning experience. Local educator Twa’Lea A. Jordan continues her Get Ready! Workshop series, designed to help parents prepare. The
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Creating a Creative Virtual Learning Space, Online Resources Teachers can Use | Chicago Defender
The end of summer is drawing near, and the return to school is upon us. With the ongoing conundrum of returning to the classroom full-time, implementing the hybrid method, or … Continued
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Prince George's Drug Policy Coalition Awards $22K in Student Scholarships
The Prince George's County Drug Policy Coalition has awarded 13 scholarships totaling $22,000 to students residing in District 8, which includes Clinton, Forest Heights, Fort Washington, Glassmanor, Marlow Heights, and Oxon Hill.
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Harry Lee, Willie Mae and Fannie Lou: ‘Lest we forget’
BY GOLIATH J. DAVIS, III, PH.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG I am asked why I am so passionate about education. The answer is a simple one. As a product of segregation, I so vividly recall mama, grandma, granddaddy, community activists, and educators sounding the alarm: Education is the way up and
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Asian and Black Americans report heightened discrimination amid coronavirus outbreak, poll finds - African American News Today - EIN News
over the past 12 weeks. African Americans, who are at a greater racist sentiment toward Asian and Black Americans has increased since the coronavirus
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The Longview Chamber Partners with the U.S. Chamber to Launch a National Initiative on Inequality of Opportunity | East Texas Review
The Longview Chamber is proud to announce they are partnering with The U.S. Chamber of Commerce to host a national townhall on June 25th as part of an ongoing initiative to address inequality of opportunity through education, employment, entrepreneurship, and criminal justice reform. The senseless
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NAACP Sues U.S. Education Secretary Over COVID-19 School Money
The coronavirus pandemic has focused the nation’s attention on the essential role public schools play in families and communities’ lives. The NAACP said it’s also exposed severe racial inequalities that continue to plague the country’s education system and disadvantaged students of color. Rather
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Georgia’s largest school district has reversed course on in person learning thanks to a coronavirus outbreak among its employees.
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