The announcement by President Obama over the summer that the White House was creating an office to focus on the educational achievements of African Americans has sparked a debate in some segments of the black community about whether these initiatives should include foreign-born blacks and their children, who tend to enjoy more academic success than [...]
Obama Education Initiative Sparks Debate on Black Immigrants and Achievement
October 6, 2012 | Posted by
Black Students at Univ of Texas Targeted by Bleach-Filled Balloons
October 5, 2012 | Posted by
Black students at the University of Texas have filed reports with campus police saying they have been targeted by people dropping bleach-filled balloons at them from above. While the students believe the attacks are racially motivated and point to continuing racial tension on campus, the campus police and other white students don’t appear to be [...]
Scholar Says Standardized Tests Don’t Accurately Grade Black Students
August 17, 2012 | Posted by
In recent years, harrowing statistics regarding the aptitude of black students in America have been run through the media with alarming frequency. In 2010, the New York Times reported that only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys were proficient in reading, compared to 38 percent of white boys. Those figures came from a study produced [...]
An Appeal to the Nation’s Educators: Stop Traumatizing Our Children
June 8, 2012 | Posted by
Maybe it’s time to send some of this country’s educators to timeout. In April, a 6-year-old African American girl was handcuffed and arrested by police in Milledgeville, Ga., for throwing a major meltdown tantrum at school, flailing and knocking down shelves and books. Last week, a 13-year-old black girl in Inglewood, Calif., was humiliated in [...]
