It’s been a week since the House approved a funding measure pushed by Rep. David Obey to save teachers’ jobs by taking $500 million away from President Obama’s Race to the Top education reform initiative, and the chatter about it is yet to die down. Obey’s effort and the must-pass war spending bill to which [...]
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Ed. Secretary Duncan: Black Male Teachers Needed
From Todays Drum: He’s the head of education for the entire United States and he’s calling all black men to the front– of the classroom– that is. This fall, Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans on touring historically black colleges and universities in hopes of increasing the number of black men teaching in America’s public schools– [...]
NCAA Champs: Duke Succeeds in Basketball and Graduation Rates
Last night, Duke University took the NCAA championship title. Honestly, I was rooting for the underdog Butler. But it was a good game. Props to the two teams’ basketball skills, but also to the fact that the graduation rates for the Black basketball student-athletes on both teams are on the higher end of the spectrum [...]










