Gwendolyn Crews works to help toddlers learn far beyond their grade level. She started out by babysitting a friend’s child and eventually created and built ’Juniorversity’ with 50 students.
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L.A. County’s preschool teacher of the year helps students transcend expectations
Cleveland Charter school gets $1 million gift
The youngsters, the parents and the teachers at Village Prep and E-Prep are held to high standards, high expectations, no excuses and very strict discipline.
A Successful Blueprint for Attracting Blacks to Science Fields
The National Science Foundation’s Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program has been a tremendous success in increasing enrollments of minority students in computer science.
New Orleans Schools Seize Post-Katrina Momentum
Charter schools, only a small presence before the storm hit on Aug. 29, 2005, now are ascendant, representing about 70 percent of the city’s 88 public schools.
Omaha boys get man-to-man talk from dozens of businessmen
About 150 black ninth-grade boys faced three dozen black men in suits Wednesday morning at Creighton University. Behind the men was a large poster that asked, “Which path will you choose?”
New school focuses on black education and achievement
The students are the first to attend the newly opened Hardy Brown College Prep, a charter school designed to give black youngsters an educational edge.
The Negro Motorist Green Book
For almost three decades beginning in 1936, many African-American travelers relied on a booklet, a safe travel guide during the era of racial discrimination.
Gangs and drugs prevalent in public schools, survey finds
A national report says a quarter of middle and high school students say both are present on their campuses, a vast difference from the scene at private and religious schools.
New Jersey Leads Nation In Graduation Rates For African American Male Students
A recent study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education reported that Newark, NJ leads the nation in the percent of African American male students graduating from high school, followed by MD, CA and PA.
Top 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Rankings from US News & World Report
For the fourth consecutive year, U.S.News & World Report has produced a ranking of the undergraduate education at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).













