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Ex-NFL’er & MLB’er goes back to school

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Corey Jenkins, who has played pro baseball and played football at USC and in the NFL, has returned to campus to work on his college degree.
 

North Carolina Faces Claims of Resegregation

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In Wayne County, one high school is now 99 percent African-American, which prompted the NAACP to file a federal complaint alleging “apartheid education.”
 

Slight Increase in African Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities

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According to the Institute of International Education, in 2009 there was a 4 percent increase in African students in the U.S. compared to the previous year.
 

United they spell

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A community-building spelling bee in Brooklyn Park has its roots thousands of miles away in Liberia.
 

Britain’s “Wonder Twins”

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Britain’s brainiest family is Black and has 9-Year-Old high school-bound twins.
 
 

 

 
 

N.Va. couple’s quest is to give South African school a library

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Libraries are rare in many developing countries, where literacy rates are low and resources scarce.



Universal Academy Receives State’s Top Ranking

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When Diane Harris started the Irving-based public charter school Universal Academy in 1998, she said her goal was to give back to the African-American community.
 

Blacks Are Increasing Their Participation in the Advanced Placement Program

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By 2009 the number of AP exams taken by black seniors had jumped to 152,726, more than 22 times as many exams that were taken by black students in 1990.
 

Robinson scholars carry on legacy

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The Jackie Robinson Foundation founded in 1973 by his wife, Rachel Robinson provides college and graduate school scholarships as well as leadership development opportunities for minority students.
 

100 percent of Chicago charter school’s seniors are college bound

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A Chicago school that claims to be the nation’s first all-boys public charter high school comprised entirely of black males has accomplished an uncommon feat.
 

Fire Teachers? When Schools Fail, It May Work

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It is a strategy that has been used in large school districts such as in Chicago and Los Angeles.

College launches male only academy

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Prince George’s Community College has launched the college’s Diverse Male Student Academy, an extracurricular program that aims to help develop male, minority participants as leaders through weekly workshops.
 

Brockton schools focus on black history all year long

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 In Brockton, a Boston suburb, the most diverse community in the region, the high school puts year-long focus on African-American history and culture, educators there said.
 

 

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