Sep 26, 2022 | Education, Higher Education
A large body of research shows that Black students are likely to learn more when they are taught by a Black teacher. Quantitative researchers have found better results for Black students taught by Black teachers in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee and North...
Sep 26, 2022 | Education, Leadership
On the west bank of Jefferson Parish, Stanley Crosby is a household name. A beloved English teacher, he spent more than a half century educating generations of high school students. “I’ve taught students’ mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers,” Crosby,...
Sep 19, 2022 | Education, STEM, Women
A biology professor at Connecticut College is leading a team of 10 educators and students exploring ways to address under-representation of Black, Hispanic and Indigenous students in science, technology, math and engineering education, thanks to a $55,000, one-year...
Sep 12, 2022 | Education, Entertainment
USC Games and San Mateo-based Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a multi-year partnership last week starting with a $3 million contribution to support the USC Games Gerald A. Lawson Fund with backing from the PlayStation Career Pathways Program. The partnership...
Sep 5, 2022 | Education, Leadership, Men
A Fort Myers nonprofit formed to empower women is celebrating men who make a difference. “I felt the need to accurately represent who our Black men are and embrace the fact that, because of these unprecedented times, we are history in the making—creating a new path...
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