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Roper St. Francis Healthcare urges parents and kids to prepare for back to school
School starts this week for most Lowcountry students and Roper St. Francis Healthcare is urging parents and kids to prepare by making sure vaccines are up to date and adopting healthy practices that will make starting school easier. Healthy back to school tips Vaccines: Make sure kids are up to date, click here for SC school requirements.…
Read MoreBlack Male Educators Sound Alarm Regarding Lack of Diversity in P-12 Classrooms
A diverse and inclusive education workforce can play a critical role in ensuring that students receive a robust, quality educational experience. While students of color comprise more than half of P-12 classroom populations in the United States, overcoming the shortage of educators of color has been a decades-long dilemma for U.S. schools.1 The shortage is…
Read MoreEducator Spotlight: Donald Hense
By Curtis Valentine The African-American community’s fight for quality education requires constant dedication and reflection on successful strategies to educate our children. Donald Hense and the Friendship Charter Network is an example of success worthy of recognition. Hense is the founder and board chairman of the Friendship Charter Network, the largest African-American-led charter school network…
Read MoreKids Count Report: S.C. 39th, Black Children Still Last
By Barney Blakeney The Annie E. Casey Foundation June 18 released its 30th edition KIDS COUNT Data Book. The Data Book ranks states in areas of child well-being. South Carolina ranked 39 among the 50 United States. And in South Carolina, African American children fared worse in nearly every category. The report that charts statistics as recent…
Read MoreNigeria Restores The Study Of History In Public Schools – Absent For A Decade
The government of Muhammadu Buhari is bringing back the teaching of history in all basic and secondary schools – ending a decade in which departments of history were dismantled or merged into other programs as having little earnings potential for the high school graduate. In a release signed by Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of…
Read MorePower:Ed launches – A New Education Initiative in South Carolina
Power:Ed, started by South Carolina Student Loan Corp (SCSLC) to fund education initiatives in South Carolina, formally launched June 17. Power:Ed Director Sara Fisher says that grants will be awarded to nonprofits, colleges and organizations that help South Carolina students succeed in school, their careers and life. Power:Ed will focus on helping high school and college students…
Read MoreNew In-Depth Analysis of High School Graduation Rates Reveals Progress is Real, But Slowing, Indicating Urgency to Double Down on Equity Gaps
The national high school graduation rate reached an all-time high of 84.6 percent in 2017, up from 79 percent in 2010 and 71 percent since 2001. Hispanic, Black, and low-income students have continued to drive this increase with Hispanic students reaching an 80 percent graduation rate in 2017, Black students climbing to a 77.8 percent…
Read MoreThe List of Missing Black Girls Continues to Grow
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Type the name Tawny Reed in the Google search engine and click on “News.” In doing so, one will find among the results, an obscure 1960s Welsh singer named Tawny Reed and even a headline from the Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom that reads, “The beautiful…
Read MoreStudy: Suicide second leading cause of death for African-American youth
Suicide rates for African-American adolescents are skyrocketing, says Ball State University researcher. Jagdish Khubchandani, a health science professor, found that African-American adolescents (13–19 years of age) discovered that the rate of African-American male suicides increased by 60% and for AA females increased by 182% from 2001 to 2017. Over the 16-year period, there were 1,375…
Read MoreCongressional Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Examine Disparities that Impact Black Men and Boys
By Jane Kennedy (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Nearly five years after Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City policeman, recklessly choked Eric Garner to death, he is just now facing prosecution at a disciplinary trial that may—or may not—lead to his firing. The officers who stood idly by during the incident that was just one of a series…
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