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CPS announces remote learning to continue into fall | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Earlier survey asked parents to decide By Patrick Forrest Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that Chicago Public Schools’ return in the fall will be fully remote amid increased COVID-19 numbers throughout the city. Chicago’s Covid-19 positivity rate has increased from 3.9 percent of tests given to
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The Season of Giving and Gratitude: Aramark Awards Culinary Scholarships to Chicago High School Students | Chicago Defender
For many students across the city, especially those from black and brown communities, the option of a college education is far-fetched. Most of these students come from low-income families who face several barriers that prevent or limit their chances of continuing their education.  To add to that
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Search on for 16 Covid-19 positive pupils who evaded school quarantine | News24
A group of 16 pupils with Covid-19 evaded quarantine at Makaula Secondary School in KwaBhaca, where a total of 204 learners and teachers have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Harris To Class Of 2021: 'You Have The Strength To Get Through Anything' - The Seattle Medium
"You now know, that you have what it takes to get through pretty much anything. So when you come up against an obstacle, when you experience a setback -- and you will, we all do -- remember the resilience that you showed this past year. The determination. Remember, that you have the strength to get
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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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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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Nadiya Blair takes on the world - DefenderNetwork.com
When Nadiya Blair’s high school offered a dual credit program with San Jacinto College, she jumped at the chance to get an associate’s degree at the same time as her high school diploma. That accomplishment allowed her to enter Howard University as a junior. Now, two years
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St Mary’s Crowned Old Mutual Schools Quiz Grand Master!
All the hard work paid off for St Mary’s High School. The school bagged the championship title at the Old Mutual High The post St Mary's Crowned Old Mutual Schools Quiz Grand Master! appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Homeless Student From Florida to Graduate High School as Valedictorian of His Class
Jacksonville, FL Martin Folsom, an 18-year old high school senior student from Florida, is graduating as valedictorian of his class despite the challenges of being homeless over the years.Its []
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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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Seventh-Grader Prompts Cherry Hill School District To Change How African American History Taught In Schools - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… way to changing how African American history is taught … and accurate curriculum on African American history. Cherry Hill … more comprehensive and honest African American History curriculum in schools … asked for a mandatory African American history class as …
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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—AMYA S. NANCE, Pittsburgh Obama High School | New Pittsburgh Courier
The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Amya S. Nance, as she graduated from Pittsburgh Obama High School. The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—AMYA S. NANCE, Pittsburgh Obama High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—IVANNA EUBANKS, West Mifflin Area High School | New Pittsburgh Courier
The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Ivanna Eubanks, as she graduated from West Mifflin Area High School. The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—IVANNA EUBANKS, West Mifflin Area High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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Peter de Villiers launches scathing attack on the DA
Peter de Villiers has urged the public to create awareness around racial injustices found in school sports in the DA-led Paarl region.
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A.E. Beach H.S. Class Of 1951 70th Year Reunion | The Savannah Tribune
Seven decades have passed (unbelievable). Seventy years ago, on June 8, 1951, 218 Students received their High School Diplomas from Alfred E. Beach High School. On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, seven of those students gathered to commemorate the 70th year of the Class of 1951’s graduation. We enjoyed
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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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Hip Hop Icon Dr. Dre Opening the ‘Coolest High School in America’ - Atlanta Tribune
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Hip Hop and business icon Dr. Dre said he lasted just two weeks in a college program and believed that many young ones don’t want to attend school because it’s boring. “You keep flipping the same thing over and over and
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TCC Announces Pilot Program Name Change; Expansion With Broken Arrow And Tulsa Public Schools | The Oklahoma Eagle
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire Students in the Broken Arrow Public Schools and Tulsa Public Schools districts will be able to earn a college degree from Tulsa Community College at no cost to the student while they complete high school. EDGE: Earn a Degree, Graduate Early is a pilot program launched
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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—WAYNE E. WADE, Clairton High School | New Pittsburgh Courier
The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Wayne E. Wade, as he graduated from Clairton High School. The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—WAYNE E. WADE, Clairton High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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US debates school reopening, WHO warns 'no return to normal' : TheGrio
MIAMI (AP) — The resurgence of the coronavirus in the United States ignited fierce debate Monday about whether to reopen... View Article The post US debates school reopening, WHO warns ‘no return to normal’ appeared first on TheGrio.
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PASSIONATE: Young Female African-American scholar gives out her $40,000 Scholarship, Says there are People who need it more - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
A high school graduate in the United States identified as Verda Tetteh has donated her exceptional performance scholarship fund worth $40,000 (K32, 056, 800) to any student who may need it more. Tetteh, who immigrated to the U.S. with her family from Ghana …
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The Challenges Black America Face with Distant and Virtual Learning During COVID-19 - Voice and Viewpoint
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
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My life growing up in Texas - Dallas Examiner
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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Basic Education: Contact sports in schools suspended
The Basic Education Department, however, said non-contact sports can continue and that they would monitor the situation
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Hip Hop Icon Dr. Dre Opening The ‘Coolest High School In America’ - The Seattle Medium
“I want to reach the inner-city kid, the younger me,” Dre told the Los Angeles Times. “Here’s a place that you can go where there’s something that you can learn that you’re really interested in,” he
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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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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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Furies multi-sport athlete headed to the next level - WS Chronicle
Forsyth Country Day School is sending yet another athlete to the next level to further his education and fulfill his dream of playing college sports. Jay Mitchell will be heading to Converse College in the fall to play basketball and track and
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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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A fourth of Class of 2020 Put off 1st Year of College Amid Pandemic: Survey - Texas Metro News
A quarter of last year’s high school graduates have postponed attending college amid the coronavirus pandemic, largely because of the ensuing financial concerns, according to a recent survey. Junior Achievement and Citizens, which polled 2,000 U.S. teens between the ages of 13 and 19 who are not in
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