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Could an Independent School be an Option for Your Child?
Education is a hot topic these days, especially in light of the provocative, powerful film Waiting for Superman. It would astound many black parents, most of whom are painfully familiar with our...
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4 Success Strategies From Gov. Deval Patrick
After reading and writing columns on the failure of American schools to produce functional graduates, I found it refreshing to watch a group of brilliant, young students of color honored for their...
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BE Smart: All Star Code Educates Next Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs
All Star Code founder Christina Lewis Halpern and students drop by the MLK Dream Code hackathon (Image: Kevin Steck) At the midtown Manhattan offices of Microsoft, teams of young innovators made a...
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Opening Doors of Opportunity: A Better Chance Virtually Speaking
Ellis Rowe, A Better Chance alum. (Source: A Better Chance) What happens when a bright, talented teenager of color from a family without much money has doors of high-quality educational opportunities...
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Women’s History Month: Jacqueline Glass At the Well
(Actor Nicole Ari Parker addresses girls At the Well. Image: David Kelly Crow) Jacqueline Glass is the founder of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit, At the Well Conferences Inc., which holds one-day conferences...
View ArticleOne Mother’s Journey with Her Gifted Children
Colette Morehead is a Nevada educator who has raised three highly gifted children into adulthood. I met Colette earlier this year during a workshop where she shared her story with me. Raising gifted...
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Do Run-Down Schools Trigger Low Test Scores?
Could run-down, dilapidated school buildings be a cause of low test scores? A study by a Cornell University environmental psychologist suggests they are. Lorraine Maxwell, an associate professor of...
View Article8 Ways to Get a College Degree
If you look at college graduation rates through the lens of race, it doesn’t look good for black students. Last month, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released data that gave me...
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With White Majority Dwindling, Not Investing in Students of Color Puts the...
As public schools across the country begin their school year, they will be presented with a strange oxymoron: Minority students now make up the majority of their student bodies. In fact, the country...
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White Teachers’ Low Expectations Put Black Students at a Disadvantage
New research from professors at American University and Johns Hopkins University reveals what isn’t exactly news: that white teachers expect less of black students, putting white students at an...
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A Better Chance Receives $500K from Boeing
Christmas came early for A Better Chance, the nonprofit that connects talent with extraordinary opportunity by preparing underserved students of color to attend the country’s best private schools....
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