Posts in category Education

By LEEDS ANTOINE Special to South Florida Times Formal education was actively denied to African Americans prior to the Civil War, particularly in the South. …

Black PR Wire CORAL GABLES, Fla. – It wasn’t the Greensboro sit-in of 1960, when four 17year-old African American college students continued to sit in …

By JAMIE MARTINES, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review PITTSBURGH (AP) – While most teachers spent the day in the classroom, social studies teacher Doug Kirchner spent a recent …

By SHAUN RYAN The Daytona Beach News-Journal PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) – When Nicole Perilli was 6-years-old, her sister was injured in an automobile accident …

WEST PALM BEACH – Sixty years after her death, the Palm Beach County Alumni Chapter of Bethune-Cookman University continues to honor the legacy of the …

Staff Report Courtesy of Black PR Wire “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities” is the first and only …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – School districts all over Florida are facing teacher shortages, including in elementary education, which historically had the easiest jobs to fill. …

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Construction will soon take place on a new education facility at the Auburn University Regional Airport. The construction will create additional …

Staff Report MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Florida Memorial University and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) throughout the nation and hemisphere have joined with …

Staff Report Thanks to an $85,000 grant awarded to the library, services are expanding in a dedicated space for young adults–ages 16 to 24–who are …