Inside Look
Women’s Group Plead For Clemency For Sudanese Teen Sentenced To Hang
A Sudanese court has upheld a judgment of execution for a teenage girl who fought off the forcible sexual advances of her arranged-marriage husband, leading to his death. Noura Hussein has been imprisoned in Omdurman, Sudan, since the murder of the man she was forced to marry, who she says raped her as his relatives…
Read MoreFirst Ever Education Town Hall for Lowcountry Set for May 22
The first ever Lowcountry town hall devoted to education will take place Tuesday, May 22nd from 6pm to 8pm at the ILA (Conference Hall) on Morrison Drive. The Quality Education Project, in association with the South Carolina Education Association (SCEA) and the National Education Association (NEA) are organizing this event that will include a panel…
Read MoreBlack Millennials Say Student Loan Debt Crippling Their Chances to Advance to Higher Education
By Jasmine Hardy Special from Howard University News Service (TriceEdneyWire.com) – When Danielle Douglas began her career after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Howard University, things were tough. “I was living paycheck to paycheck, just breaking even,” said Douglas, 27, who began working immediately after graduation at Meridian Charter Public School in Washington. “At…
Read MoreA Call For Justice For African Children
Children are very much on the political and public agenda across Africa today. The African Union has adopted a charter to protect them and a mechanism to hold governments accountable for the fulfillment of their rights. Even so, the reality on the ground is somber and sobering. The number of child prisoners continent wide is…
Read MoreBlack Educators Share Success Stories at the 2018 National Title I Conference in Philadelphia
By Lynette Monroe, Program Assistant, NNPA ESSA Public Awareness Campaign Salome Thomas-EL, a charter school principal and award-winning national education expert, captivated an audience of over 500 educators with his keynote address on overcoming barriers to success at the 2018 National Title I Conference in Philadelphia, Penn. Title I schools are characterized by the additional…
Read MoreA Heroine Honored: Barbara Johns Day in Virginia Honored Student Activist Who Helped Dismantle Public School Segregation
By Saraya Wintersmith Special from the Richmond Free Press (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Today’s students need to continue to speak out when they see injustice. That was the message from Joan Johns Cobbs, the younger sister of the late Barbara Johns, and Mrs. Cobbs’ classmate, Joy Cabarrus Speakes, as Virginia prepared to celebrate the first Barbara Johns Day…
Read MoreAfrican American Youth Fully Aware of Opportunities and Obstacles Within Education Landscape
Nearly 70 percent of low-income African American youth surveyed indicate success in school is a top priority, and 89 percent agree it is important to obtain a post-secondary education, according to a new report issued by UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI). A Seat at the Table: African American Youth’s Perception of K-12 Education…
Read MoreSumter And Williamsburg Schools: A Tale Of Two School Districts
By Barney Blakeney Things may or may not be getting better for schools in South Carolina’s infamous ‘Corridor of Shame’ since the state’s Supreme Court last December relinquished oversight of the approximately 24-year legal struggle to insure quality education to the predominantly Black students of its 36 school districts. In recent weeks Sumter County School…
Read MoreYoung Black Professionals, HBCU Students Join Movement for Homeownership, Financial Education
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – The housing crisis that caused more than nine million people to suffer foreclosure and even homelessness due to the economic slump across the U. S. 10 years ago, has now fully recovered for everyone – except people of color – especially African-Americans. “Black people are moving into homeownership at a much slower rate…
Read MorePrestige Prep Academy Looking for a Few Good Men…And Others
By Barney Blakeney From the beginning Prestige Preparatory Academy has struggled to survive. Since opening to serve boys in grades K-5 in 2016, making the school successful has been a challenge. At the root of its struggles are issues of enrollment, says Principal Joyce H. Coleman. But her vision of a school to serve young…
Read More