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For 90% of Students, School Will be Online — The Sacramento Observer
(CALMATTERS) - It’s official: At least 90% of California students will begin the school year with online learning. The order, which Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday, marks an unprecedented level of state intervention into the operations of more than 1,000 local districts. It also carries massive
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Source: The Sacramento Observer
Black folks who want to grill July 4 and stay woke -- honor Tuskegee instead
We have been in quarantining, social distancing and ignoring the reality of the COVID-19 threat (depending on what state you live in and where you get your information) for roughly 110 days. Ironically, about the same number of days since Breonna Taylor was killed in her own home by police officers
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Health department extends hours for free school shots – Daytona Times
To increase access to back to school shots, the Department of Health in Volusia County is extending hours during which children may receive the vaccinations. Beginning July 7, evening and Saturday hours will be available on select days and at DOH-Volusia locations. To ensure social distancing in
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Source: Daytona Times
The lens of whiteness won’t close gaps in BPS - The Bay State Banner
If BPS is serious about eliminating gaps, it's time to discard the lens of whiteness that pushes the narrative of American racial fiction that was part of my miseducation in BPS decades ago. The post The lens of whiteness won’t close gaps in BPS appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Learning Black History Year-Round - Jesse B. Blayton Sr. - The Voice of Black Atlanta
From a small brick building located two blocks from what is now The King Center boomed a voice for Black Atlanta: Jesse B. Blayton Sr. a professor at Clark Atlanta University. It was 1949, and radio was the most popular medium of mass communication for the Black community. Blayton
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School Board Is Equally Responsible For The Racial Regression Of Seattle Public Schools - The Seattle Medium
Our community will make it clear that the current members of the school board -- Liza Rankin, Lisa Rivera-Smith, Chandra N. Hampson, Eden Mack, Zachary DeWolf, Brandon K. Hersey and especially Leslie Harris, because she has been serving since 2016 and is the longest tenured school board member
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Source: https://seattlemedium.com
Our HBCUs: They Have Overcome And Will Do So Again.
Today America has 101 HBCUs located in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These institutions had to overcome tremendous obstacles just to come into existence. They are adversity-hardened and time-tested. Working together, and working with willing partners in both
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TSTA: Governor in too big a hurry to reopen schools while pandemic is still raging | East Texas Review
Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria issued the following statement on school openings: “When schools are reopened, the governor and the Texas Education Agency must require, among other things, that all students, employees and anyone visiting a school have a mask available and
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Source: East Texas Review | The Community Paper Everyone Should Read
At-home learning throughout summer – Florida Courier
Tips for keeping students sharp over te long-haul FROM FAMILY FEATURES With the majority of schools across the country closed, many parents are feeling the stress of taking more active roles in their children's education. As time away from the classroom extends into summer, parents also face the
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Source: Florida Courier
Billionaire Robert F. Smith Launches Student Freedom Initiative to Ease Student Debt at Historically Black Colleges
Robert F. Smith—the billionaire who pledged during a commencement speech last year to pay off the student debt of the Morehouse College class of 2019—is, according to time.com, launching a new init…
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Students can earn a biology and chiropractic degrees at SPC
PINELLAS COUNTY - St. Petersburg College (SPC) and National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) have collaborated to allow students to complete both a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree in less time. The Advanced Scholars Program is a joint recruitment and dual
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School Board in VA Votes to Rename Robert E. Lee High School after Late U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis
A county school board in Virginia voted Thursday to rename Springfield, VA's Robert E. Lee High School after recently deceased Civil Rights activist and U.S.…
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Pinellas County Schools 2019-20 recap
Michael A. Grego, Ed.D., Superintendent PINELLAS COUNTY As the school year comes to a close, we wanted to share with readers a recap of the 2019-20 school year. In this current environment of not being able to meet personally, we felt it was imperative to share directly with the community the
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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com
Newswire: Statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass vandalized in Rochester, New York Park
By Nina Golgowski, Huffington Post A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in an upstate New York park over the weekend, authorities said, prompting concerns that the act may have been revenge for the nation’s ongoing removal of Confederate monuments.The vandalism in
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Georgia Provost: 'We need a Black Agenda!' | Afram News
"Right now, we as Black people need to get us an agenda and we need to discuss all of these disparities that we have in the Black community; education, healthcare and clinics, employment, parks for the youth, food, housing, economic development and the list goes on and on," Georgia Provost said.
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Online Classes - Milwaukee Community Journal
The Milwaukee Urban League and the Milwaukee Area Technical College are offering a GED and Healthcare customer services certificate program. Online class begins July 8 and ends August 28. Financial assistance is available. For more information, contact Maura Fitzgerald, mfitzgerald@tmul.org or
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
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J.J. Rhoads pre-K scholarships are available: Enroll today
DALLAS — Enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year is now underway at Joseph J. Rhoads.  Dallas ISD is offering scholarships for eligible 3- and 4-year-olds to attend J.J. Rhoads All-Day Learning Center in South Dallas at no cost starting this August. The scholarship guidelines are designed to
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Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept. Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept.
In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the department that has 20 sworn officers and 120 school resource officers. The 7-0 vote followed a two-hour debate and several
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One North Carolina City Council Approves Reparations – Sort Of | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Hundreds of years of Black blood spilled that fills the cup we drink from today,” said Councilman Keith Young, one of two African American members of the City Council that voted 7-0 in favor of reparations. It is simply not enough to remove statutes. Black people in this country
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Newswire : Congress moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act measure forward
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and
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Inglewood schools weighing how and when to reopen -
INGLEWOOD — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Inglewood Unified School District is in the process of deciding how and when to reopen school campuses for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. “It’s being extremely challenging to think about reopening differently,” said County Administrator Erika
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SPS Announces Plans For Remote Learning To Start School 2020-21 School Year - The Seattle Medium
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Denise Juneau announced the district’s recommendation to use a remote learning model beginning with fall classes of the 2020-21 school year, and to continue the remote learning model until the risk of significant transmission of Covid-19 has decreased enough to
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Only 40.7% of Greene County households have completed the Census Greene County’s Census response rate lags behind state and national rates
By John Zippert,Co-PublisherGreene County DemocratAccording to the U.S. Census2020 website as of today, only 40.7% of the households in Greene County have responded to the Census, which counts the population of the entire country every ten years. The 40.7% rate for Greene County lags behind the
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Maryland man accepted into Harvard Law after working as sanitation worker - TheGrio
This week a former sanitation worker in Maryland is celebrating his acceptance into Harvard Law School. According to The Washington... View Article The post Maryland man accepted into Harvard Law after working as sanitation worker appeared first on TheGrio.
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Black America speaks. America should listen.
Last night I was sitting in my living room and a convoy of trucks drove by my home filled with law enforcement and National Guard troops. I am a 59-year old African-American man and this brought back vivid childhood memories. On April 4, 1968, 18 days before my seventh birthday, I was in the middle
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School Board approves three-phase plan to re-open schools, beginning with remote learning | Greene County Democrat
Superintendent Dr. Corey Jones presented his long anticipated plan for reopening the county’s schools at the Greene County Board of Education’s monthly meeting held Monday, July 20, 2020, in a virtual setting, again observing safety measures due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.The board approved the
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Edward Waters College Commits to Paying Eligible Students' Costs for the 2020-2021 Academic Year - Free Press of Jacksonville
By Alex Wilson  – Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal - In an effort to ease the financial burden for students, Edward Waters College has committed to paying the balances of eligible returning students for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. [...]
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The state of Black and Hispanic student academic performance in Pinellas – the COQEBS view
Dr. Ricardo A. Davis, President, COQEBS By Dr. Ricardo A. Davis, President, COQEBS PINELLAS COUNTY The primary issue with social justice and public education (not unique to Pinellas) is the achievement gap.  This phenomenon has existed for as long as we have been evaluating public schools (Brown
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Voter suppression goes to college | Atlanta Daily World
By BlackPressUSA Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV Analytics, a ‘North Carolina-focused campaign consulting firm serving Democratic candidates with advanced campaign analytics, analyzed student voter turnout from ten North Carolina campuses, three of them HBCUs N.C. AT University, in
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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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