T.I. may be best known for his lyrics surrounding money bands and bank rolls but recently he’s decided to use his stacks to support education. The self-proclaimed “King of the South” announced a partnership with music streaming service Tidal earlier this month to launch the “Money Talk With Tip For Education” initiative. From now through June […]
One local school is upgrading its technology by giving each and every student a brand new iPad. The competition to get the iPads was tough, but JFK Elementary in Maple Heights was top of the class. Principal Zelina Pames applied for an Apple grant and won. Out of 114 schools in the country, JFK is one of three […]
EEW MAGAZINE// STANDUP Last year, national statistics reflected that only 1 in 5 African American students are reading at grade level by the 4th grade. Even more startling is that only 1 and 7 are able to perform math at grade level by the 8th grade. If success is to ensure that each child is […]
Malia Obama, the oldest of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama’s two daughters, will attend Harvard University. She’ll begin there in the fall of 2017, after taking a gap year, the White House announced Sunday. She’ll be a member of the class of 2021. Obama said at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on […]
The students at Chicago Urban Prep Academy are celebrating their successes – and rightfully so! Each member of the school’s graduating class of 2016 has committed to attending a four-year college or university that they have been accepted to. This is the seventh straight year that the school’s graduating class has had a 100 percent college […]
A lot more children in Cuyahoga County will soon be enrolled in the county’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten programs. That was a major announcement in County Executive’s Armond Budish’s State of the County address Thursday. The county already spends $10 million on the program. A fund-raising team has persuaded businesses and non-profits to contribute another $12 million […]
Chicago twins Deprice and Shaprice Hunt have set an extremely high bar for other high school seniors. The twins were recently accepted into a combined 56 colleges and have earned about $1.6 million in scholarships. Kemitashi Austin brought the Hunt siblings’ huge accomplishments to the forefront on Facebook when she shared a screenshot of a […]
Science-based careers are expected to continue growing and paying top salaries. Unfortunately, many Black students are not on track to qualify for those job opportunities. A group of researchers believe they’ve discovered why Black students tend to lag behind their White peers in science. The study says the achievement gap begins in kindergarten, when children from […]
We all know that graduation is special time for a student. It marks the closing of one chapter and the opening of a new one. But for Melonie, her upcoming graduation from Law School is not only a time to shout, but to kneel down and give thanks for surviving everything she went through to […]
Picking a college can be a daunting task for anyone, but finding the best fit can be a particularly challenging feat for African American students. Calls to end racism on campus have become more widespread in the last year asstudents across the country spoke out about both everyday and systemic racism at their schools. In addition, minority […]
No one seems to be able to upstage Donald Trump on live national television during the 2016 presidential campaign. But that all changed Monday night.
Dr. Karen Thomas, Founder and CEO of Marion P. Thomas Charter School in Newark, New Jersey, and Ana Ponce, Chief Executive Officer of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy in Los Angeles, California spoke with Roland Martin about the benefits of charter schools during Monday's edition of NewsOne Now.
