Being the principal of a "community school" means Kimberly A. Johnson doesn't have to go it alone in addressing some of the social or health problems that distract children from doing well in school. Within just a couple of days last month, a nearby Wal-Mart store agreed to a request from one o... Read more...
Posted on March 22, 2011 by theblackmancan A significant body of empirical research has demonstrated that Black male students academically underperform all students throughout the educational pipeline (Hawkins, 2010; Jackson, 2003). One has to wonder how this can be a reality when there are so... Read more...
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20/07/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Death,
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Below is the statement made by Terri Maurer-Carter in support of freeing Mumia I, Terri Maurer-Carter declare: From approximately February 1982 through September 1986 and in 1998 I was employed as an official court stenographer in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia, ... Read more...
By Sangim Han and Rose Kim Chung Eunjung, a mother of two sons in Seoul, says South Korea's plan to give children extra playtime by ending Saturday classes means only one thing: more private tutoring. On June 14, President Lee Myung Bak's government announced it would recomm... Read more...
LET’S stipulate this upfront: Everybody hates motorists who run red lights or who speed recklessly. Hence most people support those traffic cameras perched on roadsides in hundreds of municipalities all over the country, flashing retribution at offending drivers. Or shall we say, most peopl... Read more...
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12/07/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News,
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The clock is ticking for the state Department of Public Welfare. Under the budget Gov. Tom Corbett signed late Thursday, the department has to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses while still providing services required by law. To help, state lawmakers gave the agency a controversial ... Read more...
You're eating healthier than ever, but your muscles feel flabby, your energy is sapped and your jeans feel increasingly snug, particularly in the belly, hips and rear. The sad truth: Metabolic rate (the number of calories we burn in a day) plummets as we age, decreasing about 1 percent each year ... Read more...
I got this email from a colleague the Tuesday after Memorial Day: “Can’t come in today. Stomach bug.” I’m no detective but—with barbeque season officially starting the day before—a prime suspect immediately jumped to mind: the norovirus, the most common cause of food poisoning in the ... Read more...
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01/07/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Do The Knowledge,
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The only thing that stands between the children of your community receiving an excellent education or not is your involvement, or lack of it, in their education. Will you join the Million Father March? It is easy! It does not take much time. It does not take much money. We give you ev... Read more...