An education war is raging in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Education will close 50 Chicago Public Schools in the upcoming academic year, making their decision the “largest single wave of planned public school closures in U.S. history” according to the Huffington Post. The board initially planned to close 54 schools, but the Leif Ericson,…
Anger over prospective school closings in Chicago has culminated in the arrest of two dozen protesters over a three-day period of demonstrations. The protesters were calling for a moratorium on school closings in Chicago, which has the nation’s third-largest school district. The school system has selected 54 schools to be closed which would be the largest school…
Chelesa Fearce is a shining example of a student that didn’t let obstacles get in her way when it came to her education. You see, during most of Chelesa’s high school career she was homeless and living in her mother’s car. Chelesa, a senior at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, knew that…
Without a college degree, Dr. Dre has built a lucrative career around music and now he’s entering the world of academic philanthropy. Along with his longtime business partner, Jimmy Iovine, they’ve donated $70 million to the University of Southern California towards the creation of a degree that combines business, marketing, product development, design and liberal arts….
High school proms can have a lasting impact on students. I fondly recall almost every moment of the prom I attended in 2007 and relish in the memories of finding the perfect gown and having a crown placed upon my mop of curls. All students aren’t that fortunate. Administrators at Detroit Community High (DCH) have…
Kristie and Kirstie Bronner are used to turning heads. Now, as the two prepare to graduate from Spelman College, the inseparable twins are set to make history as the university’s first co-valedictorians who are not only scholars, but also identical twins. The Bronner twins credit hard work and faith for their success. “Before we came…
The family of a little boy with a debilitating skin disease says he’s told to stay home from school over a haircut. Zion Williams, 8, suffers from alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes patches of hair loss on the head, but after receiving painful treatments at Drexel University he has been able to re-grown his hair. Philadelphia’s…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools have created a pattern in teacher assignments which could be a disservice to their students. The Systematic Sorting: Teacher Characteristics and Class Assignments by Stanford University, discusses how less-experienced teachers and teachers with degrees from less-competitive colleges are often assigned to teach lower-achieving students in Miami-Dade Public Schools. Stanford News reports:…
Current students and alums with outstanding student loan debt should brace for impact. The federal student loan rate is preparing to double on July 1. The rate will jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent unless Congress acts within the next two months. The rate increase was postponed during the 2012 election cycle, but the…
One of the first people I recruited for an adjunct faculty position at a well known online institution had one question, ”Do you offer tenured positions?”. Even though the conversation took place over the phone, when I gave him the answer of “no”, I could see the disappointment in his face. That disappointment increased when…
