Photos courtesy Oblate Sisters of Providence Archives, Baltimore, Md. - The St. Frances Home for Girls in Normandy, Mo., near St. Louis, was founded by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, an African-American order providing black girls with elementary education and domestic training. Long before the... Read more...
A Chicago mother recently filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education alleging a Chicago Public School security guard handcuffed her young son while he was a student at George Washington Carver Primary School on the city's far south side. In the lawsuit, filed Aug. 29 LaShanda Smith says ... Read more...
For 20 years, the Chicago Public Schools have tried it all. High-stakes tests, decentralization, ending social promotion, shuttering failing schools and opening new ones. And through it all, reading scores in the city's weakest elementary schools largely haven't budged, an exhaustive ... Read more...
It wasn't quite the Smackdown in Edgartown, but two leading figures in the national education debate politely collided here Thursday over the causes of failing schools and the best ways to rescue them. Michelle A. Rhee, the former D.C. schools chancellor whose take-no-prisoners stance shook up the ... Read more...
A Harvard-educated businessman turned educator who struggled with his own academic challenges as a child is Broward's new schools chief. The Broward School Board on Wednesday selected Robert Runcie, a computer consultant and chief of staff to the Chicago Board of Education, as the district... Read more...
Scores on the critical reading portion of the SAT college entrance exam fell three points to their lowest level on record last year, and combined reading and math scores reached their lowest point since 1995. The College Board, which released the scores Wednesday, said the results reflect t... Read more...
Fathers of Eufaula City School students will have several opportunities to volunteer at their child's school during the 2011-2012 school year. One way is through the "Million Father March." This program, launched by the Chicago-based Black Star Project, encourages fathers to escort their kids to the... Read more...
The University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Palestra -- "The Cathedral of College Basketball" -- will open its doors to the National Basketball Association, among others, when Team Philly vs. Team Melo (a Baltimore-based group) square off on Sunday, Sept. 25. Tipoff for the game is slated for 6 p... Read more...
By: Marc Sims I believe the low-income neighborhood culture, or "the Hood" culture is impeding most African-American children from succeeding in school. This idea hit me when I was giving a career day presentation at a Chicago high school on the Southside. I told the students when my children were... Read more...