Susan Taylor, the Mother of Mentoring in America, Is Asking You To Be "In" for Our Children Susan TaylorWants You To Be "In"! Harry Belafonte"I'm In!" Danny Glover"I'm In!" Mariah Carey"I'm In!" Oprah Winfrey"I'm In!" ... Read more...
(This article is excerpted and is not the complete article. Click Here to view complete article) American education has problems, almost everyone is willing to concede, but many think those problems are mostly concentrated in our large urban school districts. In the elite suburbs, where w... Read more...
Nearly 200,000 fathers and significant male role models are getting involved at hundreds of schools across America through an effective and exciting program called Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students). Watch D.O.G.S. is a program of the Kansas City-based, National Center for Fathering. ... Read more...
Earlier this week, the FBI trumpeted the news that violent crime dropped 5.5% in 2010 while reported property crimes fell 2.8% during the depths of the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression. The news, though, is far from positive. Though most regions of the U.S. saw decline... Read more...
Ernest Green hit the roads of the segregated South as a teen in the 1950s, using a travel guide that pointed out safe havens where African-Americans could eat and stay. The pamphlet promoted vacation without humiliation. On that trip in the 1950s, Green journeyed the 1,000 miles from Arkansa... Read more...
The closures of Statewide Bank in Louisiana and Florida's Old Southern Bank brought the number of bank failures this year to 30, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Even though both banks were closed Friday by state regulators, customers can continue using checks and cards because ... Read more...
The 2009 season ended a few days ago, which means it's time to look ahead to 2010. Thus, our early, early top 25 for next season (did we mention it's really early?). This top 25 was put together on the assumption that underclassmen who haven't declared for the draft will stay in school. That's ... Read more...