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Civil Rights Panel: Law School Affirmative Action May Hurt Blacks

Is American Bar Association-mandated affirmative action among U.S. law schools ultimately helping or hurting prospective Black attorneys?…

July 12, 2006

Pre-K Education Seen As Key To Hispanic Achievement

Providing Hispanic children with access to high-quality pre-kindergarten education is an important first step toward closing the achievement gap, a new report suggests.

July 10, 2006

Study: Child Well-being Improving, But Education Still Lags

Children have shown few gains in educational achievement over the past three decades, a sour note in a broad social report card that also cites declines in drug use, pregnancy rates and crime…

March 30, 2006

Is the Department of Justice at War With Diversity?

The volume of the bickering on Capitol Hill kicked up considerably as Congress prepared to cut out…

December 14, 2005

New Data: $3.4 Billion Head Start ‘Funding Gap’ Seen as Congress Moves to Raise Teacher Requirements

A U.S. Senate bill expected to be voted on this summer would force Head Start programs to add or “upgrade” more… Story:

August 10, 2005

Getting to the Heart Of the Achievement Gap

Getting to the Heart Of the Achievement Gap PRINCETON, N.J.Billed as the “African American, Hispanic and Native American Educational Achievement Symposium,” the Educational Testing Service (ETS) convened a two-day forum at their Princeton, N.J., headquarters to highlight informative research and data on the achievement gap among U.S. schoolchildren. The research presentations focused on the educational […]

November 17, 2004

Community Colleges

Elizabeth City State Offers New Birth-to-Kindergarten Degree Program

Elizabeth City State Offers New Birth-to-Kindergarten Degree Program ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.Beginning this fall, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is offering a new bachelor’s of science degree in education — birth to kindergarten.University officials say the program will appeal to numerous child-care providers, recent high school graduates, community college graduates and teachers currently working in elementary […]

September 22, 2004

GOP Policy on Early Childhood Program Draws Ire

GOP Policy on Early Childhood Program Draws IreAn increasingly bitter debate over the future of Head Start is drawing interest from African American lawmakers and experts across the educational pipeline who value the work of the 38-year-old early childhood program.At issue is a Bush administration and House of Representatives plan to give states more control […]

July 16, 2004

Great, or Constrained, Expectations

Great, or Constrained, ExpectationsWith his mortarboard cap angled over his right eye, a tiny diamond earring in his left ear, and an arm-swinging walk just short of jaunty, DeWayne cuts a fine graduation figure. He is full of smiles as the relatives — a grandmother, two aunts, an uncle, his parents and two sisters — […]

June 2, 2004

Magic Johnson Foundation Opens Miami Community Tech Center

Magic Johnson Foundation Opens Miami Community Tech CenterSAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III, co-founder and former CEO of the Broadcom Corporation, has announced a gift from the Nicholas Foundation of $10 million to St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano and the formation of a collaboration with the University of California, Irvine […]

March 24, 2004

Seminar Examines Latest Research in African American Education

Seminar Examines Latest Research in African American EducationPRINCETON, N.J.Education and public affairs professionals from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region gathered at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) earlier this month to examine the latest research on the state of African American education. Looking at education from pre-school through post-graduate levels, participants investigated the public-policy implications of issues […]

October 22, 2003

Black Caucus Steps Up Criticism of Head Start Plan

Black Caucus Steps Up Criticism of Head Start PlanBy Charles Dervarics Plans to overhaul the federal Head Start program could have major implications on children in districts represented by Congressional Black Caucus members, CBC members say. With both pro- and anti-reform advocates raising the level of debate on Head Start, the CBC contends that low-income […]

August 13, 2003

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