Education
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Johnny Bowens aims to take the fear out of math with comprehensive book
Family Math LLC was created to help those who struggle with the complex subject
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Let Girls Learn initiative has new commitments and new dollars
Less than 100 days to go and the first lady is still making moves
HBCU
North Carolina A&T State’s College of Education receives $3.6 million grant
The grant will aid in efforts to increase the number of high-qualified teachers in rural North Carolina communities
Culture
Chicago State is struggling in survival mode
It isn’t an HBCU, but the university with 70 percent black enrollment has similar challenges
HBCU
Scholarship helps Dillard University student achieve goals at age 63
LaVerne Robertson Davis is completing her education with the help of Allstate and radio personality Tom Joyner
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Will new standards to strengthen the quality of Head Start programs help?
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new plan for teachers to focus more on children instead of paperwork
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Michelle Obama surprises Howard University students
Nick Cannon goes back to school and the first lady talks the importance of education
Culture
Georgetown University has plans to atone
But those don’t include financial assistance for slave descendants
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This mom’s line of school supplies celebrates blackness
Our everyday hero’s items were so hot they sold out right before school starts