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Oprah Winfrey’s school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa opened in January 2007 and is designed to prepare girls for future leadership in their communities. The school which cost $40 million to open, has been successful in educating young girls and preparing them for their future for the past few years. Unfortunately, it was reported […]

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Via:Thisis50.com Police arrested an 11-year-old boy in Arvada, Colo., for following his therapist’s advice at school. “Tim,” who has Attention Deficit Disorder, was told to draw pictures when he got upset, instead of disrupting class. But when, one day last year, he depicted himself as a stick-figure pointing a gun at other stick figures, next to […]

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First Lady Michelle Obama brought her “Let’s Move Campaign” to chilly Harlem Thursday where she broke more than a sweat with area children. Close to 70 students from PS 180 packed the Central Harlem Police Athletic League to meet someone “special.” “All we know is someone from Washington is coming,” shouted some of the kids. […]

Getty Images / By Taylor Hill We caught up with Waka Flocka Flame on the Black Carpet at the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards at the Atlanta Civic Center, where the Brick Squad rapper was very excited about the release of his debut album, Flockaveli. He also talked about the Eddie Long spoof of “No […]

GET READY NORTH AVONDALE MONTESSORI – WE’RE TAKING OVER YOUR SCHOOL FOR A DAY Our 30 Days of Giving continues this month with a special school takeover at the North Avondale Montessori on Monday, October 11th at 9:00AM and boy are we excited. And you should be, too! Not only are we focused on serving […]

Videos

In this week’s installment of “The Bitter & The Sweet,” Kandi is hanging out with her 19-year old cousin Melvin who had a full scholarship and dropped out of school after 1 year. Needless to say the family was in an uproar and after hanging around the house, Melvin decides to go back to school. […]

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Remember this one? 40-year-old Houston charter school teacher Sheri Lynn Davis makes headlines again this month with new details of the case that’s had families up in arms since the spring quarter of the school year concluded recently. If you recall, this same teacher was caught on a cell phone video camera beating, slapping and […]

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Nas Says He Will Get His High School Diploma Via: The Urban Daily

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Good morning Cincinnati. Old man winter stopped by Cincinnati area last night, dropping some snow on the area. Of course with snow comes school delays and closings. We got your school delays and closings right here on our twitter feed.

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VIA: Cincyschoolzone.com In Education Week’s Quality Counts 2010 report released Jan. 14, Ohio’s education system was ranked fifth in the nation. In 2008 Ohio ranked seventh, and sixth in 2009. Other states that made up the top five include, Virginia, Massachusetts, New York with the number one ranking being awarded to Maryland. Indiana placed 17th […]

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Courtesy of WLWT CINCINNATI — The mother of a 9-year-old girl who said she was sexually assaulted last week on a Cincinnati Schools bus said she’s upset by Roberts Paideia Academy’s response to the incident.   “I don’t think the school, in my personal opinion, was taking this seriously,” said the mother of the fourth-grader. […]

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Soulja Boy Tell’em Party Crashes! Check out the video! Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em makes a surprise appearance on the last of school! Check out out the young rapper as he makes these young high schoolers day by invading their high school with a surprise visit and performance!   CHECK THE VIDEO HERE: Party Crashers: Pepsi […]