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HBCUs, Black Voters Figure Prominently In 2008 Presidential Race

There’s consensus among political experts that the location, moderator and audience at last week’s Democratic presidential debate, held at Howard University, forced candidates to discuss solutions to issues concerning Blacks and other minority voters. A second forum for candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination will be broadcast by PBS in September from another historically Black campus, Morgan State University in Baltimore.

July 1, 2007

Community Colleges

Conference: Community Colleges May Be Best Hope to Close Achievement Gap

Minority, low-income students continue to be left behind academically.

June 13, 2007

Students

Strides Made in Student Reading and Math Since NCLB Act, Says Report

Student achievement in reading and math has increased since the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted in 2002, according to a new report released by the Center on Education Policy.

June 4, 2007

Community Colleges

Community Colleges May Be Best Hope to Close Achievement Gap, Says ETS

PRINCETON, N.J. Community colleges are the “last, best hope” for closing the achievement gap for racially, ethnically and economically disadvantaged students, said the president of the Educational Testing Service during a two-day conference in Princeton, N.J. But community colleges will need help to meet the challenge.

May 31, 2007

Students

Teacher Training and Federal K-12 and Higher Education Programs

There is little coordination between federal K-12 and higher education programs charged with teacher training, even though such efforts could improve education for poor and minority students in low-quality public schools, a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee was told Thursday.

May 17, 2007

Sports

State Takeover Of Texas Southern University Proposed By Governor

HOUSTON The governor proposed a state takeover of beleaguered Texas Southern University and called for the resignations of the regents at the historically Black school.

April 15, 2007

Latinx

Providing $100K Grants to Seven Black Colleges, Tom Joyner Foundation Encourages the Recruitment, Retention of Minority Teachers

Recruiting, training and maintaining quality teachers is a national challenge…

March 7, 2007

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Data on Minority Achievement Gaps Vital for Progress, Say Educators

WASHINGTON, D.C. Chief Justice John Roberts recently wrote, ‘It’s a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.’ The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation convened a group of scholars to debate whether Roberts is right and what his sentiment implies for the No Child Left Behind and other initiatives designed to close the achievement gap.

February 12, 2007

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Makeover Needed for No Child Left Behind

The 110th U.S. Congress, which convened this month, needs to bring a complete makeover of the…

January 10, 2007

Women

Scholars Debate Effectiveness of Single-Sex Classes

Leah Hasty was looking to provide a male role model for Black boys enrolled in the Baltimore public elementary school where she was principal…

November 29, 2006

Latinx

Conference Focuses on Improving Educational Opportunities For the Next Generation of Hispanics

When U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral visits Hispanic elementary school students across the nation…

October 18, 2006

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Higher Education: A Consumer Good, A Public Good

From the growing popularity of real estate courses to political redistricting…

October 4, 2006