Posts Tagged ‘black’

WILMINGTON, Del. — The U.S. Department of Education ‘s office of civil rights is investigating whether black male students are punished disproportionately in the Christina School District in Wilmington and Newark , one of five districts nationwide under scrutiny for its discipline record.

Sunday, October 17th, 2010 at 08:41 0 comments

WASHINGTON — Students enrolled this semester in “Education in Black America” at Howard University got their reward Thursday morning for slogging to campus instead of sleeping in: About 10 minutes into class, singer-songwriter John Legend strode in. No introduction needed

Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at 22:41 0 comments

Salesforce Takes Chatter Mobile With iPhone, iPad, Android And BlackBerry Apps: As Salesforce’s foray into social … http://bit.ly/auSoeA

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at 22:58 0 comments

With another summer ending, the time has come to ask the perennial question: Could this be the year higher education finally embraces the e-book? Some think that developments since the last buying cycle, particularly the arrival of Apple ‘s iPad computing tablet, might foreshadow an especially good year for electronic texts. CourseSmart, an e-textbook consortium comprising five major publishers, says it has sold four times more e-textbooks in 2009-10 than it did the previous year (although it would not provide the number of copies)

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 20:03 0 comments

Jeremy Short’s students read comic books in class. Then they take exams, do well, and finish the semester with an understanding of the fundamentals of business management

Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 00:35 0 comments

With one of its alumnae, Elena Kagan , poised for confirmation as a justice on the United States Supreme Court , it should be a triumphant season for Hunter College High School, a New York City public school for the intellectually gifted. Enlarge This Image Michelle V.

Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 13:35 0 comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers’ unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation’s schools. “We have an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially those who are starting out furthest behind,” Obama told the centennial convention of the National Urban League

Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 22:59 0 comments

WASHINGTON – Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers’ unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation’s schools. “We have an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially those who are starting out furthest behind,” Obama told the centennial convention of the National Urban League.

Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 08:19 0 comments