'First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement' Remembered

'First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement' Remembered: "First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement' Remembered

By Hamil R.. Harris and Fred Barbash
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, January 31, 2006; 5:30 PM

ATLANTA, Jan. 31 -- Coretta Scott King, who for three decades stood in the place of her slain husband, Martin Luther King Jr., as a bright flame and firm voice of racial justice, died Tuesday, her family announced.

King, 78, who lived in Atlanta, suffered a stroke in August but had made a brief public appearance on television Jan. 16, during a celebration of Martin Luther King Day."

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MAEC Annual Conference - 2006

MAEC Annual Conference - 2006: "PROMOTING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CULTURALLY DIVERSE YOUNG MALES

MID-ATLANTIC EQUITY CENTER
ANNUAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006


ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
What unique challenges do African American and Latino males face as they prepare for their future lives? What can we, as educators, parents, administrators, mental health professionals, and policymakers do to increase their achievement? And most importantly, what can state departments of education, school districts, and schools do to support the highest level of achievement among African American and Latino males?

This conference will be divided into two tracks: 1) psychological and social factors that influence achievement; and, 2) effective policies and practices that support the achievement of boys. Several programs will be highlighted that help to raise the achievement of boys in school.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Warren Simmons is the Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for Research at Brown University. The Institute was established in 1993 to generate, share, and act on knowledge that improves conditions and outcomes in American schools, particularly in urban areas and in schools serving disadvantaged students.

LUNCHTIME SPEAKER
Dr. Pedro Noguera is a professor in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University and the co-Director of the Institute for the study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings (IGEMS). An urban sociologist, Noguera’s scholarship and research focus on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment.


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NPR : African Slave Descendents Trace History in Ghana

NPR : African Slave Descendents Trace History in Ghana: "Centuries after their ancestors were forced onto slave ships off the coast of West Africa, African Americans and others continue to trace their roots back to the continent to learn more about their history. One country making a special effort to welcome them is Ghana."

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Mind the gap: Income inequality, state by state - Jan. 26, 2006

Mind the gap: Income inequality, state by state
New report looks at where the growth in incomes of high-income families has outpaced that of middle- and low-income households.
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com senior writer
January 26, 2006: 6:11 PM EST


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – You don't need to be a statistician to realize that economic growth in the past 20 years hasn't lifted everyone's boat equally.

The good news is that incomes across the board are up. But so is the income gap. That is, incomes for high-income families have risen faster than for everyone else.

But growth in the income gap has been greater in some states than in others, according to a report released Thursday by two liberal think tanks – the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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The Trouble With Boys - Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com

The Trouble With Boys - Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com: "By almost every benchmark, boys across the nation and in every demographic group are falling behind. In elementary school, boys are two times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with learning disabilities and twice as likely to be placed in special-education classes. High-school boys are losing ground to girls on standardized writing tests. The number of boys who said they didn't like school rose 71 percent between 1980 and 2001, according to a University of Michigan study. Nowhere is the shift more evident than on college campuses. Thirty years ago men represented 58 percent of the undergraduate student body. Now they're a minority at 44 percent. This widening achievement gap, says Margaret Spellings, U.S. secretary of Education, 'has profound implications for the economy, society, families and democracy."

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Slavery and the Making of America | PBS

Slavery and the Making of America | PBS

Coming to PBS on Feb. 9th and the 16th from 9PM to 11PM is the four part series Slavery And The Making Of America, produced by Dante James, and narrated by Morgan Freeman. Dante is an incredible filmmaker who has produced many award wining films among them biographies on Marian Anderson and A. Philip Randolph. He worked with the late great filmmaker Henry Hampton at Blackside and was the executive producer of Hampton's last series This Far By Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys.

Slavery And The Making Of America tells the story of slavery from the point of view of the enslaved. The series recognizes the strength, humanity and dignity of the enslaved and redefines them as pro-active
freedom fighters not passive victims.

CNN.com - School officials face possible contempt - Jan 6, 2006

CNN.com - School officials face possible contempt - Jan 6, 2006: BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- City school officials could face penalties for contempt if they keep failing to provide overdue special education services such as speech therapy and counseling, a federal judge said.

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CNN.com - Chinese language catching on in U.S. classrooms - Jan 2, 2006

CNN.com - Chinese language catching on in U.S. classrooms - Jan 2, 2006: "n the U.S. Senate, the Foreign Relations Committee is considering a proposal to allocate $1.3 billion to boost Chinese language and culture classes in public school, and China, too, is doing its part, said Michael Levine, education director at The Asia Society in New York City. China's education ministry has formed partnerships with states including Kentucky and Kansas, as well as the countries of Brazil, Australia and the United Kingdom, to boost teacher exchanges and training."

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