Namibia: Covid Closes Over 20 Schools

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Namibia: Covid Closes Over 20 Schools

[Namibian] MORE than 20 schools have closed due to novel coronavirus infections among pupils in recent weeks, education executive director Sanet Steenkamp said.

Source: allAfrica.com

Former NBA Player Charles Barkley Gives $1,000 to Every Employee in Leeds City Schools Where He Grew Up news -The Black Chronicle

NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley donated $1,000 to each Leeds City Schools employee. On Tuesday, the school district announced Barkley’s gift to his high school alma mater. Over

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents - Black News Channel

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer As millions of American children start the school year online, the Trump administration is hoping to convert their parents' frustration and anger into newfound support for school choice policies that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has long championed but

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Ben Crump, Members Of The Norman High School Basketball Team Speak Out Following Announcer’s Racist Rant

“Racism has no place in this world,” said attorney Ben Crump.

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NBA Star Russell Westbrook To Open Schools In Los Angeles

NBA star Russell Westbrook is opening a middle school and high school in Los Angeles.

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SCS parents can choose in-person or online instruction for the fall

The district plans to ask parents from July 6 to 17 to choose an option for the first semester so the district can provide laptops or tablets next month, Superintendent Joris Ray told school board members during a meeting Tuesday

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Tim King and Black Charter Schools Amid the Pandemic | Chicago Defender

Chicago Public Schools recently announced plans for full remote learning for Fall 2020, leaving many teachers and families with mixed feelings of relief and urgency to prepare for the upcoming … Continued

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Source: Chicago Defender

South Africa’s most expensive day school now costs R200k per year - with many close behind

A South African day school broke the 200k mark in 2021, while R150,000 appears to be the sweet spot, for now.

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Source: Business Insider South Africa

No I.D. Needed For Meals School District Alters Policy

Identification and enrollment will no longer be required for free meals by the Oklahoma City Public School District, it has been learned. The free meals program is, once again, open…

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Source: The Black Chronicle

World Bank approves $50 million grant to improve quality of education in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $50 million grant to support the Government of Sierra Leone’s flagship program for Free Quality School Education launched in 2018. According to the World Bank, the Free Education Project will

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Decreased Enrollment In Public Schools Associated With Frustration And Educational Inconsistencies - The Seattle Medium

Due to the pandemic, parents have had to make tough decisions regarding the education of their children. With public schools in the state offering only online education options for most of the year, some parents are finding it frustrating to navigate their children’s education and their own work

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Gary Schools hires Chief Academic Officer and Chief Financial Officer | The Crusader Newspaper Group

With the start of school fast approaching, the Gary Community School Corporation is forging ahead with plans for a new academic school year. The District recently announced the official appointments of Kimberley Bradley as Chief Academic Officer and Nicole Wolverton as Chief Financial

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Local company celebrates anniversary by giving back - WS Chronicle

2020 marks the 70th anniversary for Cannon Company (CC), a local accounting firm, and they had big plans to celebrate the occasion. But due to the growing pandemic of COVID-19, their plans shifted from celebration to community

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Pastor Kalan Gardner Sr. seeks to lift others to success - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… oriented things like helping young African American men by promoting and ushering … the plan to help young African American men in the community. “I …

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(1958) Orval E. Faubus, “Speech on School Integration”

In September 1957 Arkansas Democratic Governor Orval E. Faubus became the national symbol of racial segregation when he used Arkansas National Guardsmen to block the enrollment of nine black students who had been ordered by a federal judge to desegregate Little Rocks Central High School. His

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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—YASMINE LOGAN, Penn Hills High School | New Pittsburgh Courier

The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Yasmine Logan, as she graduated from Penn Hills High School. The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—YASMINE LOGAN, Penn Hills High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.

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Ronald Payne Sr. - Voice and Viewpoint

Funeral Service was held on Friday, March 26, 2021 at Anderson-Ragsdale Memorial Chapel. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary. Ronald Payne Sr. was called home to be with the Lord on March 3, 2021. He was surrounded by his children, grandchildren. Ron was born May 2, 1943

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Langston University (1898-- )

In March 1897 the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature created a land grant college to train African American teachers, calling it the Colored Agricultural and Normal University. Classes opened in the fall of 1898 in a church in the town of Langston. Langston had been founded in 1890 as part of an

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Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approves changes to school year calendar - Dallas Examiner

Special to The Dallas Examiner Since schools began learning from home in March, there have been questions as to when and how school will reopen. With school originally scheduled to being next

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Highland Park Tennis Club presents its annual scholarships | New Pittsburgh Courier

LUNDYN WHITE, center, a Westinghouse High School graduate, with her scholarship award, presented in August from the Highland Park Tennis Club. Joyce Scott, with the Highland Park Tennis Club, is … Continued

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From troubled kid to Aberdeen scholar: former head boy cops 11 CSEC passes

Former head boy of Aberdeen High, Marlon Carnegie, stands as a beacon of hope for his younger siblings and schoolmates, having copped 11 subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams. Though he was a well-rounded student...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

This 17-year-old is being honored for creating color-changing sutures that detect infection - Face2Face Africa

A 17-year-old high school senior hopes her science experiment will be instrumental in saving lives in developing countries. Dasia Taylor has developed a color-changing suture that will make it easy to detect infections. The sutures will change color if the PH level of the patient alters, making the

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

White Texas High Schoolers Disciplined For Holding Slave Auction On Snapchat | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By David Major, Black Enterprise A group of white students at a Texas high school have been disciplined for cyberbullying their Black classmates and holding a fake slave auction online. The students, who attend the Aledo Independent School District’s Daniel Ninth Grade Campus, cyberbullied and

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Challenges Black America Face with Distant and Virtual Learning During COVID-19 - Milwaukee Community Journal

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the Public School Forum of North Carolina, 72 percent of Black and Brown students in the state’s public schools have parents who lack secure employment, compared with 21 percent of white students. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

VIDEO: Safety confidence as schools begin exam prep

SEVERAL school administrators across the Corporate Area yesterday expressed confidence that measures had been put in place to ensure the safety of students and teachers who returned to the campuses for final preparation for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced

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This woman's 'virtual school in a box' for kids is changing the face of American education - Face2Face Africa

At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a general ban in public gatherings all over the world which included schools. For parents, the safety of their children was a priority, which meant that alternative ways of educating students must be sought. The administration of schools then

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Black Nurses Admitted to City Hospital

Led by two Black doctors, W.O. Taylor and William Worthy, a committee of Black Bostonians that includedGuardian editor William Monroe Trotter successfully championed the cause of two Black high school graduates seeking admission to the nurses' training program at Boston's City Hospital in

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Black Teen Forced To Remove Black Lives Matter Face Mask At Graduation

Eighteen-year-old Dean Holmes was told by the administration to remove the face mask due to its political affiliation if he wanted to take part in his high school graduation ceremony.

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Myrtle Tyler Faithful

Myrtle Tyler, like her sister, was born in Flushing, Ohio. Upon receiving her high school diploma, she matriculated at Howard University. An Ohio teacher of Mathematics and English for some years, she always had an active interest in community affairs.

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PGCPS to Implement Distance Learning for Half the School Year

Prince George's County Public Schools CEO Monica Goldson announced Wednesday that Maryland's second-largest school system will begin the 2020-21 school year with a distance-learning model.

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Source: The Washington Informer

African American student told to ditch his cornrows by Dunedin school - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

A Dunedin high school student feels he has been “denied a piece of my culture” after being told he could no longer wear his hair in cornrows.

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