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COVID-19 takes away excitement in release of PEP results
SCHOOLYARDS across the Corporate Area yesterday were a stark contrast to previous years when excitement among primary school students would be at fever pitch over their secondary school placement
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Covid-19: Schools in Kenya to remain closed until 2021 | News24
Kenya has declared that its school year was considered lost because of the coronavirus pandemic, and primary and secondary pupils would return to class next January.
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How one of the largest US school districts is preparing to reopen and what parents think - L.A. Focus Newspaper
This is how Mantua Elementary and all other public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, are preparing for back-to-school in the age of
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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—TONI MARIE MARTELLO, Woodland Hills High School | New Pittsburgh Courier
The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Toni Marie Martello, as she graduated from Woodland Hills High School.  The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—TONI MARIE MARTELLO, Woodland Hills High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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‘Walker’ to be removed from the name Landry-Walker High School - African American News Today - EIN News
… to be named after an African-American and the first high school … the West Bank to enroll African-American students, regardless of income level … Lord Beaconsfield Landry, a prominent African American physician
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Seniors soar on graduation day | The True Citizen
FCA held its commencement ceremony on Friday night, where a total of 11 graduates received their diplomas. EBA’s Class of 2020 held its ceremony on the school’s football field […]
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Coalition Asks Schools To Broaden Approach to African American Studies - African American News Today - EIN News
The creation of African American and Latin American and Puerto developing specific course offerings in African-American and black studies, Puerto Rican
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Meghan Markle On George Floyds Killing: People Have Said Enough
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also discussed Britain owning up to its colonial past.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1870- )
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth with 45 students and one teacher, Emma J. Hutchins, to provide secondary education for the city’s African American children after efforts to integrate schools in Washington, D.C. failed. Within
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What we have to lose with Trump from a high school student's perspective : TheGrio
Four years ago, Donald Trump asked Black voters, “what do you have to lose?” Initially, I did not think I... View Article The post What we have to lose with Trump from a high school student's perspective appeared first on TheGrio.
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A rare occurrence: Spelling bee champion is member of winning Schools Challenge Quiz team
Dave Rodney/Gleaner Writer Chaunté Blackwood, a 17-year-old student at Ardenne High School in St Andrew, has just accomplished a feat that has not happened in recent times - if ever. She is a National Spelling Bee champion who is also a team...
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Birmingham Promise Tuition Application Extended to Aug. 14
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham Promise, the apprenticeship and tuition assistance program for city schools students offered by the City of Birmingham, has extended its deadline to apply for the tuition assistance. High school graduates have until Friday, August 14 to apply. Once
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Covid-19: 179 recovered Eastern Cape pupils discharged from quarantine | News24
A total of 179 pupils from Makaula Senior Secondary School in Kwa Bhaca [formerly Mount Frere], have recovered from Covid-19 and have been discharged from quarantine.
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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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Ghana coronavirus: 24,518 cases; recoveries pass 20,000 | Africanews
Ghana is West Africa’s most impacted nation behind Nigeria, at a point in May 2020, Ghana led the regional case load. June has started with progressive lifting of more virus
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Schools that are mostly Black, Latino favor starting online — The Sacramento Observer
(AP) - Missi Magness wanted her children back in school. The parent of a first-grader and a sixth-grader who attend schools on Indianapolis’ southeast side struggled trying to oversee her children’s schooling while working from home this spring. “They need the structure, they need the
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Two Region Nine students with COVID-19 to get secondary school placements - Stabroek News
The Ministry of Education has decided that while the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will go ahead as planned, the two Grade Six pupils who recently tested positive for COVID-19 will be placed at schools within Region
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Cyber-Youth Network Launch
On Wednesday, February 3rd, for the first time in history, Americas urban students will have a Web site specifically designed to address their educational needs and interests. The site -- called the Cyber-Youth Network -- provides a model for online education by offering students and teachers
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Gov. Kemp sets spending of federal COVID-19 school aid | The Atlanta Voice
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced new spending plans for federal COVID-19 aid to schools Tuesday as the state’s newly confirmed infection numbers continue to fall but remain the highest per capita in the nation. Kemp, a Republican, said he would allocate more than $65 million of the remaining $105
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High School Student Claims He Was Forced To Remove Black Lives Matter Mask In Order To Graduate
Dean Holmes and his father are slamming the school.
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(1903) W.E.B. Du Bois, “Training Negroes for Social Power”
In this 1903 speech, W.E.B. Du Bois describes his educational philosophy and in the process, contrasts his views with those of the Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington who was then at the height of his
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Images of student crowds raise questions in Georgia schools | The Atlanta Voice
Two suburban Atlanta school districts that began in-person classes Monday with mask-optional policies face more questions about COVID-19 safety protocols after on-campus pictures showed students packed shoulder-to-shoulder. In Cherokee County, dozens of seniors gathered at two of the district’s six
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Mary Blackford is Bringing Healthy Food Options to Black Communities in Washington, D.C.

Access to quality food is recently becoming a consistent part of the conversation in discussions about empowering underserved communities. Too often Black and Brown communities are left to make do

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M³ Honors MPS Seniors Graduating with Early College Credit
The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M³ early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education institutions. M³ (pronounced M-Cubed) is
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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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LaRoyce Hawkins: A Voice for the Culture
One of the standouts in the cast is Officer Kevin Atwater, played by LaRoyce
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Meredith Gourdine
Meredith Charles “Flash” Gourdine was born on September 26, 1929 in Newark, New Jersey. His father worked as a painter and janitor and instilled within his son the importance of a strong work ethic. Meredith attended Brooklyn Technical High School and after classes he helped his father
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DCPS Elementary Graduates Celebrated for Academic Success During COVID-19.
(ThyBlackMan.com) William Jackson of My Quest to Teach and Aida Correa of Love Built Life are educators,  business owners, STREAM activists that are honoring graduating 5th grade students from  Crown Point Elementary School and Venetia Elementary School with academic awards and
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Teacher dies after collapsing at Gauteng school | News24
A high school teacher collapsed and died at her workplace in Gauteng on Friday, the provincial Department of Education has said.
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How Black Families are Tackling Homeschooling This School Year | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Whether you call it pandemic schooling, crisis homeschooling, virtual schooling or distance learning, more families are educating their children at home—either full or part-time—for the 2020-2021 school year. As parents who have never considered educating their children outside of a public, private
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