Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Education

Texas State Board of Education turns down proposal referring to slavery as ‘involuntary relocation’

There is discussion about adding lessons on slavery to social studies for younger Texas students, but the terminology one group of educators proposed using...

Texas teen to make history as youngest Black law school graduate in America

Hayley Taylor Schlitz, 19, graduated from high school and started attending college at the age of 13.  At just 19-years-old, Hayley Taylor Schlitz is set to...

Howard University Reaches Agreement With Students Over Housing Conditions

Howard University has reportedly reached an agreement with students who were protesting poor housing conditions. CBS News reports that the school announced on Monday (November 15) the...

Average Dallas ISD teacher salary is now more than $64,000 under the Teacher Excellence Initiative

BY THE HUB  Dallas ISD is one of the first districts in the DFW area to have average teacher salaries now exceed $64,000 under the Teacher Excellence...

VIRGINIA MOTHER SPEAKS OUT AFTER 5-YEAR-OLD SON WAS PUT IN A CHOKEHOLD

Virginia mother Pamela Ononiwu is taking action two years after she walked into her 5-year-old son’s school and saw him being put into a chokehold. Ononiwu was shocked and...

Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School

Students wear mask as they arrive at school for in-person learning at Holmes Middle School in Wheeling, Ill., on Oct. 21, 2020. Students in Illinois schools will be able to take up to five excused mental or behavioral health days beginning in January 2022. Nam Y. Huh/AP

Texas High School’s First Black Principal Suspended Because White Parents Say He Promotes Critical Race Theory

Parents accused James Whitfield of teaching CRT and making up systemic racism. They even reported his pictures of his white wife on social media.

Wisconsin School Board Members Vote Against Free Meal Program Because They Don’t Want Families to ‘Become Spoiled’

By J.L. Cook TheRoot Members of the Waukesha, Wis. Board of Education are in hot water after opting out of a federal program that would...

UNC trustees Finally Grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project, after weeks of criticism

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Nikole Hannah-Jones was granted tenure Wednesday by the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, ending a weeks-long controversy that had erupted on the...

HOLLYWOOD STARS, INCLUDING KERRY WASHINGTON, LAUNCH PUBLIC FILM SCHOOL FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH

A group of A-list celebrities teamed up to lend a hand to students from underserved communities in Los Angeles. Deadline reported that a magnet school called the Roybal School...

Texas State Board of Education turns down proposal referring to slavery as ‘involuntary relocation’

There is discussion about adding lessons on slavery to social studies for younger Texas students, but the terminology one group of educators proposed using...

Texas teen to make history as youngest Black law school graduate in America

Hayley Taylor Schlitz, 19, graduated from high school and started attending college at the age of 13.  At just 19-years-old, Hayley Taylor Schlitz is set to...

Howard University Reaches Agreement With Students Over Housing Conditions

Howard University has reportedly reached an agreement with students who were protesting poor housing conditions. CBS News reports that the school announced on Monday (November 15) the...

Average Dallas ISD teacher salary is now more than $64,000 under the Teacher Excellence Initiative

BY THE HUB  Dallas ISD is one of the first districts in the DFW area to have average teacher salaries now exceed $64,000 under the Teacher Excellence...

VIRGINIA MOTHER SPEAKS OUT AFTER 5-YEAR-OLD SON WAS PUT IN A CHOKEHOLD

Virginia mother Pamela Ononiwu is taking action two years after she walked into her 5-year-old son’s school and saw him being put into a chokehold. Ononiwu was shocked and...

Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School

Students wear mask as they arrive at school for in-person learning at Holmes Middle School in Wheeling, Ill., on Oct. 21, 2020. Students in Illinois schools will be able to take up to five excused mental or behavioral health days beginning in January 2022. Nam Y. Huh/AP

Texas High School’s First Black Principal Suspended Because White Parents Say He Promotes Critical Race Theory

Parents accused James Whitfield of teaching CRT and making up systemic racism. They even reported his pictures of his white wife on social media.

Wisconsin School Board Members Vote Against Free Meal Program Because They Don’t Want Families to ‘Become Spoiled’

By J.L. Cook TheRoot Members of the Waukesha, Wis. Board of Education are in hot water after opting out of a federal program that would...

UNC trustees Finally Grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project, after weeks of criticism

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Nikole Hannah-Jones was granted tenure Wednesday by the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, ending a weeks-long controversy that had erupted on the...

HOLLYWOOD STARS, INCLUDING KERRY WASHINGTON, LAUNCH PUBLIC FILM SCHOOL FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH

A group of A-list celebrities teamed up to lend a hand to students from underserved communities in Los Angeles. Deadline reported that a magnet school called the Roybal School...
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