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July 14, 2007
Students
The new faces of college
Last year marked York College’s thirtieth anniversary. This spring, the college, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, passed yet another milestone. For the first time, it graduated more than 1,000 students, about 75 percent of whom were people of color.
July 12, 2007
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Obama Tells Teachers Public Schools Should Consider Merit Pay
PHILADELPHIA Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told the largest teachers union Thursday that performance-based merit pay ought to be considered in public schools.
July 5, 2007
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Sidetracked by pundocracy: speaking of education – Ebonics controversy of bilingualism in Oakland, California
To let the commentators tell it, educators in the city of Oakland have gone mad. They are teaching Black English as a second language and are seeking federal funds to do so, and depending on which “Black leader” you quote, this is a “bad joke” or a “cruel hoax” on the African American community. Coming a few days before Christmas, and a few weeks after affirmative action stumbled with the passage of Proposition 209, all one could say was, “Bah, humbug.”
July 4, 2007
STEM
Resolution of the Board of Education adopting the report and recommendations of the African American task force; A policy statement and directing the superintendent of schools to devise a program to improve the English language acquisition and application
Whereas, numerous validated scholarly studies demonstrate that African-Americ-an students as a part of their culture and history [as] an African people possess and utilize a language described in various scholarly approaches as “Ebonics” (literally “Blank sounds”) or “Pan-African Communication Behaviors” or “African Language Systems”; and
July 4, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Ebonics IQI. What have we learned ? – use of Ebonics language to teach African American children – Cover Story
The Ebonics controversy in Oakland, California, took many people by surprise. Most had never heard of Ebonics before December 18, 1996, and once they did, few understood what the school district meant when it expressed its intent to use this new “language” to teach the district’s African American children.
July 4, 2007
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US schools expected to re-examine racial integration programs following court ruling
WASHINGTON School officials around the United States are considering how to proceed after a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in two cities.
June 29, 2007
Disabilties
State: Students with disabilities improving slowly
ALBANY N.Y. Students with disabilities continue to post higher graduation rates and better test scores but still at unsatisfactory rates, state education officials said Monday.
June 24, 2007
Disabilties
State: Students with disabilities improving slowly
ALBANY N.Y. Students with disabilities continue to post higher graduation rates and better test scores but still at unsatisfactory rates, state education officials said Monday.
June 24, 2007
Latinx
Senate bill freezes HBCUs – Historically Black Colleges and Universities – includes related article on special education grants – Washington Update
Education Department (ED) support for historically Black colleges and universities likely will remain frozen at current levels next year, based on recent action by members of the U.S. Senate.
June 22, 2007
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Gender gap – education of African Americans
Since the early 1980s, the American Council on Education (ACE) has been collecting and disseminating educational data annually on racial and ethnic minorities.Among its findings in 1996 is that students of color have posted significant gains in college enrollment and the number of degrees they earned — yet the picture is decidedly mixed for different racial and ethnic minority groups.
June 19, 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
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