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The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the RoomThere is a saying that doctors bury their mistakes. It appears that in our education system, we also bury our mistakes — in the form of our dismal retention rates.One only has to look at the record that begins with the limited number of students who have access to Advanced Placement […]

October 25, 2000

Native Americans

Culturak References to Math

Culturak References to MathDr. Jim Barta, a professor in the Elementary Education Department at Utah State University whose emphasis is ethnomathematics, especially as it relates to American Indians, cites the concept of infinity as one of his favorite examples of ethnomathematics. While he was conducting research among the Seminole Indians of Florida, he asked a […]

August 16, 2000

A Stroke of Academic and Athletic Success – James Greer

A Stroke of Academic and Athletic Success – James GreerI t came as a pleasant surprise to pediatricians Morrell and Electra Greer that their son, James, had decided to follow in his parents’ footsteps by attending Howard University, the school at which the couple met while attending medical school. “We didn’t push him to choose […]

April 26, 2000

African-American

BI News Briefs

Miss. HBCU Has New Competition for Students, Funds JACKSON, Miss. — In a ruling praised by education partisans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a federal judge will allow a four-year college program to begin accepting students as early as next summer, if funding allows. Eight months after blocking college expansion plans on the Gulf Coast, […]

December 22, 1999

The One Florida Plan Executive Summary

The One Florida Plan Executive SummaryAll students in Florida, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, economic circumstances or Zip code should have the opportunity to fully reach their highest educational aspirations. But today, that is not the case. Some schools are more equal than others. Generally, high-performing schools offer tougher curriculums, more experienced teachers and better […]

November 24, 1999

The Diligent Dozen

The Diligent Dozen A ‘To-Do’ List for Parents of Minorities Aspiring to CollegeJDon’t leave the choices in your child’s high school curriculum to school guidance counselors. Too often, counselors will steer students of color to less rigorous courses that fail to adequately prepare them for college work. JDon’t leave it to counselors to decide which […]

October 13, 1999

African-American

Raising the Bar for Middle-Class Blacks

Raising the Bar for Middle-Class BlacksNext month, Jenna Bond-Louden will board a plane for North Carolina where she and other college seniors will spend all day learning to write a college essay that will wow admissions officers. Her parents have already shelled out hundreds of dollars for the Baltimore senior to take SAT prep classes.There […]

October 13, 1999

A Test-Taking Frenzy

A Test-Taking FrenzyCollege Board Says Minorities Taking SAT and AP Courses in Record NumbersWASHINGTON — Record numbers of high school students are taking college entrance exams, their scores are improving — if only slightly — and the agencies that administer the tests are calling the 1990s a “decade of promise.”And keeping pace with the overall […]

September 15, 1999

Students Sue State Over Lack of AP Courses

Students Sue State Over Lack of AP CoursesLOS ANGELES — Four teenagers sued the state and the Inglewood Unified School District last month, claiming minority students were denied access to college preparatory classes and placed at a disadvantage for the rest of their lives. Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. and the American Civil Liberties Union […]

August 18, 1999

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