Tag: minorities
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Have for-profit schools preyed on minorities?
Turn on your television to any local station during daytime hours, and you’re sure to see a handful of commercials touting the amazing benefits of enrolling ... -
Educational Change Starts with Equality
By Matthew Lynch Substantial educational change will never occur until we as a country decide that enough is enough and make a commitment to change, no ... -
Ways to Promote Diverse Cultures in the Classroom
By Matthew Lynch A primary goal of culturally responsive education is to help all students become respectful of the multitudes of cultures and people that they’ll ... -
Grad rates on track for 90 percent by 2020
A new report shows that for the second year in a row, American high schoolers are on track to reach a 90 percent graduation rate by ... -
What can be done to improve the success of black male students?
Did you know that a black male is more likely than any other group to be placed in special education classes, with 80 percent of all ... -
3 Initiatives Designed to Help Minorities Succeed in College
It seems that graduating from high school is no longer the end goal of P-12 learning – earning a college degree has replaced it. By 2018, ... -
Beyond Athletics: Three Other Ways to Recruit Minority College Students
We’ve all heard the fairytale stories before: a minority kid from a tough neighborhood gets a shot at a college career because he or she is ... -
Will Free Community College Help Minorities Succeed?
By Matthew Lynch During his sixth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama spelled out a proposal that would offer two years of a free ...