by Alexander Cain The book The Mis-education of the Negro was originally written as a dissertation by author Carter Godwin Woodson who wanted to investigate how efficient the current education structure was for African-Americans. Despite being written in 1933, some of the struggles facing African-Americans mentioned in the book still hold true today: African-Americans have […]
The fight for arts education in minority schools.
by R. Asmerom “Black people are the only ones who can teach black children, it’s as simple as that,” said Milwaukee educator Taki Raton to columnist Eugene Kane of the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Sentinel Journal. The recent post by Kane, entitled “African-centered education has a strong backer,” got many comments from readers – those who supported the […]
There are a lot of controversial moments, works, and speeches in African-American history; not just significant and progressive works but controversial ones that introduced a radical idea to the African-American framework, incited action and/or changed the way some interpreted the plight of Blacks in the diaspora. This list does not include the “I Have A […]
It never ceases to amaze me the gall of some of these critics, who feel the need to question the relevance of HBCUs while not examining why a student may choose a HBCU over other institutions.
With online learning programs attracting a wide swath of students and producing less than stellar results, HBCUsOnline is hoping to target and assist this audience.
The US Department of Justice estimates that 87 percent of inner-city high school youth have been exposed to violence in school within the last year.
by Candi Sparks On June 15, the Department of Education responded to complaints from consumer advocacy groups by proposing regulations which would force for-profit schools (like DeVry) to change their policies, or lose student funding. The regulations are aimed at getting for-profit schools to accurately report two statistics to student candidates, namely, the school’s graduation […]
According to a recent study, less than 50% of black males graduated from high school during the 2007-2008 school year. It's time to correct the cultural narrative.
Schools like Tuskegee and Fisk provide top-tier academics and a quality Black experience.
They've done it all from promoting culturally relevant curricula to revamping schools.
Latimer Education, Inc, a for-profit education company that is developing an online university for African-Americans, has received backing from Maveron LLC and recently raised $1.25 million dollars in financing. Scott Royster and Brian Jones are founding members of Latimer. Mr. Royster is a former business executive with Radio One, Inc. and Mr. Jones is the […]