For iPad/iPhone users: I want to challenge you this morning to open your minds and to think differently. I want you, regardless of how bad your circumstances might be, to not think of yourself as a victim. I ask because something I read recently challenged some of my own beliefs. In fact the article is […]

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First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by BET’s 106 & Park today, Friday, Nov. 19, to discuss education and youth empowerment. Mrs. Obama is making the…

Adiaha I. A. Spinks-Franklin, MD is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician in the Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Spinks-Franklin is Associate Fellowship Director for the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. In addition to evaluating children with developmental […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Once seen as sexist and outdated, the all-male educational model had been resurrected to serve New York City’s poorest boys, a group feared to be more likely to go to prison than college. The Eagle Academy for Young Men was the city’s first all-boys public school in more than 30 years […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan is facing criticism over reported remarks that seem to dismiss “white suburban moms” for opposing higher academic standards. Duncan has consistently shown little patience for critics of the Common Core State Standards, being implemented in 45 states and the District of Columbia. But his Friday remarks, as reported […]

Michelle Obama is not only fighting childhood obesity these days. She has a new initiative and it’s all about getting more students on track to…

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At the age of 21 Dawn Kum moved to California to figure out what she wanted to be. A recent college grad, she was looking for a job as a dietician. Her uncle, a teacher, suggested she follow in his footsteps. Eventually, she got a job teaching at an elementary school in South Central Los […]

The long departed but much beloved Showtime series “Soul Food” that took up where the movie left off with a new cast ran for five seasons, the only Black drama on broadcast television to ever do so. Boris Kodjoe, Malinda Williams, Nicole Ari Parker, Rockmund Dunbar, and Darrin Henson, who played Lem, have all moved […]

Following the bloody mass shooting incident at the Cornell Square Park shooting in September, students at the Richard J. Daley Elementary Academy in Chicago are…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s some good news on college tuition. Yes, the cost has gone up — but not as much as in the past. For in-state students at a four-year public college or university, published tuition and fees increased this year on average $247 to $8,893. That’s a 2.9 percent increase — the smallest […]

A few weeks ago we spoke with DJ and engineer Young Guru about teaching at USC. Following in the footsteps of artists like Bun B…

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This morning on the TJMS Roland Martin talked to Dr. Steve Perry about how parents can improve their children’s education, starting at home. Check out his important tips below: TOM JOYNER:  Good morning, Roland Martin. ROLAND MARTIN:  Good morning, Tom Joyner, Sybil and Jay.  Hope all is well.  Everything in Washington, D.C., of course, is […]