(Akiit.com) While millions of children (and teachers) welcome the call to go back to school in August and early September, all is not well in classrooms and school districts around the country. Even though every school district is not facing challenges, many urban school districts – where the majority of ...
(Akiit.com) We have gotten so used to seeing college presidents and other academic “leaders” caving in to so many outrageous demands from little gangs of bullying students that it is a long overdue surprise to see a sign that at least one major university has shown some backbone. Dr. Robert J. ...
(Akiit.com) There’s something in me that gets all giddy at the thought of learning new and fascinating information. It may explain why there are three open books on my nightstand as I type these words, each in the process of being read. It may explain why, in advance of a ...
(Akiit.com) Financial stress is taking a massive toll on people all across the country. This, of course, has a lot to do with a lack of money and ever-rising costs of living. But a lot of it could come down to a lack of understanding of the intricacies of personal finance ...
(Akiit.com) News One, a Radio One, Inc. (radio-one.com) digital news outlet for news and information about for and about Blacks operated by Interactive One (interactiveone.com), launches news division dedicated to coverage of educational news and policy affecting Black America. Division created in tangent with the documentary “Saving Tomorrow, Today: The Curriculum ...
(Akiit.com) A guiding principle for physicians is primum non nocere, the Latin expression for “first, do no harm.” In order not to do harm, whether it’s with medicine or with public policy, the first order of business is accurate diagnostics. Racial discrimination is seen as the cause of many problems ...
(Akiit.com) Babies and children are learning about the world around them from the moment they are born. A newborn will learn how to interpret key sounds and images to mean food, Mom, and Dad. Within just a couple of years, a small child will have learned to walk unaided, use ...
(Akiit.com) All eyes should be on Florida to see the seeds of change in black America. The issue is school choice and the nation’s largest private school choice scholarship program, the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, enacted in Florida in 2001 under Gov. Jeb Bush. Students receive scholarships to attend the ...
(Akiit.com) We all want to get the most out of life. Yet, it can be all too easy to let things get in the way of achieving what we want to achieve. The fact is, you may as well spend as much of your time as possible learning to do ...
(Akiit.com) It is with a heavy heart that I offer my first official communication as the national chair of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). I find myself in a difficult situation when responding to recent instances of social injustice. A significant portion of the revenue used by NSBE ...
(Akiit.com) Education is all about broadening your horizons, and there is no better way to do that than to study abroad. It is good to learn about a topic or subject from a classroom. But, it is much better to get out there and experience the world. Plus, not only ...
(Akiit.com) Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold so-called “affirmative action” admissions policies at the University of Texas. Those policies had been challenged by a young white woman who believed that she was denied admission to the school while other “lesser” African-American and Hispanic students were admitted. The ...