Tag Archives: education reform
If I Were A Rich, Privileged White Kid
What would I do? I have no idea. Which is exactly what Forbes should have concluded before proffering advice to poor black kids.
A former poor black kid responds to Forbes’ Contributor Gene Marks ill-considered advice.
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Education Means Business
To paraphrase an old maxim: In the 21st century, the business of America is education.…
By Robin White Goode
Preview Our World: Can the Obama Administration Fix Our Schools?
Grading Obama's handling of the education crisis, including an exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
This week’s edition of Our World with Black Enterprise, with host Marc Lamont Hill, features…
By BlackEnterprise.com
New Lessons for Our Classrooms
Improving the education of African American Students Will Require A Stronger Teacher Workforce. Here's What it Will Take?
From kindergarten to 12th grade, Will Thomas never had a black male teacher and only…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Can Bill Gates Save Our Schools?
As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates (who remains chairman of Microsoft)…
By Alan Hughes
Our Major Franchise: Education
Among my most enjoyable assignments is writing the weekly Power Moves blog that appears on…
By Derek T. Dingle
Can Public Schools be Fixed?
Gates Foundation president Allan C. Golston discusses plans to help solve the education crisis
The US educational system is in turmoil but thankfully the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, which…
By Alan Hughes
5 Ways You Can Help Fix Our Schools
We must ensure that our kids can read, calculate and become employable in the 21st Century workplace
We must ensure that our kids can read, calculate and become employable in the 21st…
By Derek T. Dingle
SURVEY: Is It Wrong to Break the Law for a Better Education?
Concerned mothers Kelley Williams-Bolar and Tanya McDowell risked it all for their children's education, would you?
Concerned mothers Kelley Williams-Bolar and Tanya McDowell risked it all for their children’s education, would…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Volunteer Your Way Out of Student Debt
SponsorChange.org rewards volunteer service with student loan payments
In April 2009, Raymar and Robert Hampshire started SponsorChange.org, a Pittsburgh-based philanthropic organization that helps…
