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Natural Hair Blogger Curly Nikki’s “Better Than Good Hair” Book In Stores Today

There are few healthy hair enthusiasts out there who haven’t logged hours reading CurlyNikki.com. The site is a veritable resource for natural hair product recommendations, haircare tips, style ideas and discussion topics. The four year-old online destination, founded by 29 year-old expert Nikki Walton, is so popular it’s inspired a book, “Better Than Good Hair.”…

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Black Students and Reading Proficiency Tests: Are We Getting It Wrong

In an article for the The Root, published today, Dr. Ivory A. Toldson discusses the alarmingly low numbers for black students’ reading proficiency and why they should be considered with a grain of salt. The numbers, generated by researchers at Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance, were released late last year and state that the U.S….