Education
Education
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Middle School Teachers Are SaintsÂ
When I was younger, say 7 or 8 years old, I wanted to be an astronaut/pediatric neurosurgeon/inventor/NBA player. Though my life has been successful, itâs safe to say Iâve stopped just short of being the most awesome multi-hyphenate careerist of all time. By the time I hit my teen years, I wanted to be some…
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If You Have Student Loans, Grown-Ish and Scholly Are Trying to Make It Rain on Your Loan Provider (for You)
If youâre like me, and presumably millions of other folks across Los Estados Unidos, student loan debt is a monkey on your back. I personally know people whose student loan burden ranges from $4,000 to as high as $200,000. Whether youâre on the low end or the probably-need-to-stay-high-to-manage-it high end, no sentence is more exciting…
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College Board Under Fire for Deciding Black Student Did Too Well on Her SAT
When Florida high school senior Kamilah Campbellâs SAT scores didnât stack up the way she wanted, she worked hard to do betterâbut that might not matter now. âKamilah explained that she took the SAT for the first time on March 10 with no preparation. Between then and October she practiced diligently, working with her teachers,…
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I #StandWithBennett. Hopefully, Itâs for the Long Haul
Attending an HBCU tends to unlock oneâs awareness about the other hundred or so HBCUs that youâre not attending. Some of us get to school and know the big name ones, but our football and basketball schedules put schools like Benedict College, Paine College, Lane College and Lemoyne-Owen College (to name a few) on the…
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Louisiana School Co-founder Accused of Making Student Eat Rat Feces, Stepping on Another Studentâs Face
The horrifying story of T.M. Landry College Preparatory School is getting clearer and bleaker as more details of abuse come to light during a state police investigation. According to the New York Times, which broke the original story, Louisiana State Police have been looking more closely at abusive behavior that seemingly ran rampant at the…
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Racist Columbia Student Caught Saying Racist Things on Camera, Will Have You Know He's Not Racist
The white kid spotted extolling the virtues of whiteness to fellow students in a recent viral video wants you to know heâs definitely not racist. Columbia University sophomore Julian von Abele, a physics major, shared a statement with The Daily Beast stating his actions in the video fail to show âhis true beliefs,â casting the…
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Teacher Apologizes After Banning Afros, Other âOutlandish Hairstylesâ From Student Concert
District officials at an Ohio middle school have clarified their dress policy after a teacherâs letter banning Afros, barberâs designs and other âoutlandishâ hairstyles from an upcoming student performance sparked outrage. Parents at Pleasant Run Middle School outside of Cincinnati received a memo from vocal music teacher Steven Reeves, who is black. The letter outlined…
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Virginia College, Other For-Profit Institutions, Abruptly Close Campuses Across the Country
Thousands of students furthering their education at for-profit institutions discovered on Wednesday their college was shutting down. According to the Associated Press, the Education Corporation of America, which operates 75 campus chains across the country, including Virginia College, Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Ecotech Institute, and the Golf Academy of America, suddenly announced it would…
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The Cast of Black Panther Prove Wakanda Really Is Forever, Introduce the Black Panther ScholarshipÂ
On Wednesday, the Hollywood Reporterâs 2018 Women in Entertainment gala celebrated the creators, producers, dealmakers and executives that comprise Hollywood. It was held at Milk Studios in Los Angeles, during which, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyongâo and Danai Gurira took the stage to announce The Black Panther Scholarship, which would reward one student from The Hollywood…
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âIt Was Like Building a House on Waterâ: Louisiana School Behind Viral College Acceptance Videos Steeped in Controversy
If it seems too good to be true, it just might be. But I have to admit: This one really hurts. You may remember the videosâa black high school student opening a college acceptance message, surrounded by peers; a flurry of smiles, congratulations and earnest elation. Harvard, Stanford, Wesleyan and moreâthe acceptances just kept rolling…