HBCU dance teams face off for $25k, to promote confidence
Essence Dancers from Clark Atlanta University at a football game. PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER Black PR Wire Every weekend hundreds of college women participate as …
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Student answered Craigslist ad, became veteran’s best friend
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA BARBARA GUTIERREZ The Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) – University of Miami architecture student Emi Kopke still cannot believe her luck. She …
Hundreds attend sixth annual Ed Talk
More than 400 stakeholders participated in Broward County Public Schools’ 6th Annual Ed Talk. PHOTO COURTESY OF BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Hundreds …
Broward Education Foundation inducts seven into Hall of Fame
Left to right: Ruth Lynch, Lisa Scott Founds, Shane Strum, Max Osceola, Jr., Elaine Saef, James F. Griffin II, Patrick McQuaid, Keith Koenig, Christina Fischer, …
Howard University installs first woman Dean of Divinity School
Dr. Yolanda Pierce PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER Courtesy of Black PR Wire Today at 11 a.m. Dr. Yolanda Pierce will make history as the first …
Tablets and Kids: What to Know
StatePoint If you’ve handed over your tablet to your children more than once, it may be time to consider getting them their own device. There …
High-tech shipping container lets students, refugees connect
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – A specially equipped shipping container at Harvard University is giving students the rare chance to connect with …
Black students disproportionately disciplined in school district
STOCK PHOTO Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. – An annual report produced by Kentucky’s education department found roughly twice as many black students as white students …
Underground Railroad site now part of historic Kansas trail
A small bedroom was set up near the kitchen in the Ritchie house. PHOTO COURTESY OF CIONLINE.COM Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. – A house that …
Local great grandmother becomes collegiate scholar
Cheri Perry, center, was inducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars for outstanding academic achievement. PHOTO COURTESY OF BARBARA HOWARD By BARBARA HOWARD Special …