By Nate Goethel July 24, 2015 Photo Credit: www.wcmcoop.com The Wisconsin State Senate recently passed a bill for the $73 billion 2015-2017 budget. The bill was passed during a late-night vote, minutes before the midnight deadline, and amid a large amount of controversy over a variety of topics, from repealing salary minimums […]
Closing Achievement Gaps Requires More than Education Reform
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent June 19, 2015 WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Education reform alone isn’t enough to close achievement gaps between Blacks and Whites, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The study by EPI, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focused on the needs of low- […]
Innovative Preschool Looks to Revamp Education, Lower Minority Reading & Writing Disparities
By Elizabeth Stephens March 6, 2015 One City Early Learning Center Founder and CEO, Kaleem Caire. Scheduled to open by the fall of 2015, the nonprofit preschool One City Early Learning Center hopes to serve as a model for all local early childhood education programs in its efforts to decrease minority reading […]
Racial Disparities in Early Childhood Hurts U.S.
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015 Ready Freddy visits prekindergarten students at a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. (David Duprey/AP Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Increased investment in early childhood education and care can eradicate many of the racial success gaps that persist throughout society, according to a new […]
Blacks Bear Brunt of School Suspensions
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — According to a report released last week, 3.5 million K-12 public school students were suspended in the 2011-2012 school year – enough to fill every stadium seat in Super Bowl I through Super Bowl XLV. And Black children […]