A space for local and national stories about issues surrounding education, especially as they relate to African Americans.
We’ve heard it before: Kids of color lag behind Whites When it comes to Generation Next, partnerships and outreach play a key role in their hoped-for success. “We’re kind of …
Generation Next’s education data reveal no surprises Read MoreWith 10 small, experimental ‘bright spots’ along the way Earlier this year, Generation Next held a kick-off event at the University of Minnesota to unveil what they believe are the …
Five big steps across the achievement gap Read More
With opportunity gaps widening for poor children and children of color, new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education offers new hope and protection from discrimination. For the first time in 13 years, the Department now makes clear that states, school districts, and schools must make education resources equally available to all students without regard to race, color, or national origin.
Closer to the finish line on educational equity Read MoreAll schools, including charter schools, must do a better job teaching our children, stated Marquette University Professor Howard Fuller recently at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Fuller, a founding member of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), former Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent, and current board chair at a Milwaukee charter school, was the featured keynote speaker at the second annual Minnesota Charter School Conference July 29 at McNamara Center.
Money blocks low-income children from a good education Read MoreAfter witnessing the national media coverage of the Chicago Public Schools Teacher’s Strike of 2012, one distinct and disturbing image still haunts me.
Too many Minnesotans are going to bed hungry Read MoreLet life be breathed into the education debate. At stake are not only the lives of our children but also the prosperity and happiness killed by the poverty in our urban neighborhoods.
A silent campaign for the Mpls Board of Education election Read MoreWe are sorry that it has taken us this long to publish the second part of our special education column but we had a hard time deciding which stories to publish. We found many of the stories that people shared with us to be disturbing and we did our best to pick the best stories that were representative of the majority of the stories that were reported to us by both staff members and parents who are involved with special education institutions.
Special education: stories from a parent’s and a teacher’s perspective Read MoreDr. Eric Kaler, president of the University of Minnesota, admits that he is aware of the Black community’s longtime skepticism toward the state’s land-grant university, an often strained relationship that did not improve when the university dropped the General College and made its “world-class” declaration in the late 1990s. A few years later, the opening of the Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center, otherwise known as UROC, on the city’s North Side in 2009 heightened suspicions among many Blacks.
UROC: a North Minneapolis ‘gateway’ to U of M education Read More
We need more people paying attention to the critical issues pertaining to public education in our country.
Reform is working for our schools Read More