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*The prom is a momentous occasion that gives us special memories that are never forgotten whether the night was good or bad. Students headed to their prom at the Westin Hotel on Fort Lauderdale beach will definitely never forget their prom after encountering a car crash while en route to their prom. Limo driver, Dave Izzo, saw [...]
*Earlier this month, we reported four teenagers: Stephanie Sinnot, Quanesha Wallace, Keela Bloodworth, and Mareshia Rucker, who were struggling to get their first integrated prom on April 27, at their school, Wilcox County High School. They established a Facebook page for donations and support for their prom, yet the state of Georgia has not given [...]
*Some of our elderly are so strong we actually look forward to growing old. They are the reason we have the sayings “50 is the new 30″ and so on. They use their old school rules with the new school look and are a force to be reckoned with. Zhu Shumei is a Chinese, 76-year old grandmother [...]
*It’s not always about entertainment, says Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am. He’s off on another entrepreneurial adventure, this time in reality television. The artist wants to give children the opportunity to show off their baffling intelligence in a new “American Idol” type of show. “Every year, companies like Google need more innovators, but there is [...]
*There are a ton of life-altering stories coming out of schools on every level from Kindergarten to college, that detail sex crimes against the students. The teachers and administrators that are supposed to be protecting them and are entrusted to broaden their minds are the very people that are responsible for these crimes. Curtis Jiles, [...]
*The education system in America gets a lot of criticism, so it’s ironic that one school would harass one of its brightest students for merely expressing her opinion on education from a learned perspective. Apparently, the truth hurts. According to the Black Youth Project, Jada Williams, 13, is a student in an upstate New York [...]
*There’s a lot of alternatives schools and/or charter schools trying to take up where our public schools have fallen off. But there’s a school that has tried everything they can to get their student body to not only show up, but behave when they’re in school. Surprisingly, the only thing that worked was to decide [...]
McDonald’s to Present 21st Annual Young Black Scholars Family Conference Saturday, March 3 at Cal State Long Beach *Los Angeles – McDonald’s will present the 21st Annual Young Black Scholars Family Conference on Saturday, March 3 at California State University, Long Beach. Themed “Marked for Excellence,” the free one-day conference will help prepare 8th through [...]
*The U.S. school system has yet another weak link in the chain. This time it’s one of those high school administrators that the kids talk about under their breath and have a secret name they call her when she’s not within earshot. According to the New York Daily News, high school students of Jane Addams [...]
*There are institutes of higher education popping up everywhere. They promise they can get you into a career in just two years. They tell you they will give you all the financial aid you need, help with job placement, on and on and on with the promises. But when you start your program or even complete [...]
*Ivy league schools have long been the focal point of the nation’s parents for their child to reach the pinnacle of educational excellence. But, it appears that the glowing reputation of at least one of its institutions is being tarnished by serious allegations of sexual misconduct at the university. Yale University is being exposed by angry students and [...]
*Lake Buena Vista, Fl. – Space Mountain, Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain might have been on their “To-Do List,” but the 110 high school students who came to Walt Disney World Resort for the 2011 Disney’s Dreamers Academy were on a mission with higher peaks than Disney’s mountain range of run. They came to [...]
*This has got to be one of the most despicable cases we’ve reported. There is a second grade teacher out there somewhere in Oakland , Ca., that will hopefully be incarcerated for the unthinkable act of allowing children to get naked in the classroom and perform oral sex acts on each other. The teacher is [...]
*Reports have just surfaced showing that African American boys in America are being kicked out of school “at double and triple the rates of their white male peers.” There are many other disadvantaged students that have problems within the school system as well. But these others are either foreign or handicapped. (more…)
*In this clip from “Kimora Life in the Fab Lane,” Kimora lee Simmons advises answers questions from aspiring fashion designers. Check out nee episodes every Sunday night at 9pm e/p (8c) on the Style Network. Get more info here.
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