“The D.L. Hughley Show” is recognizing a special education teacher from Seattle in today’s Human Being of the Week. Listen to the audio player to…
“The D.L. Hughley Show” is recognizing a special education teacher from Seattle in today’s Human Being of the Week. Listen to the audio player to hear his story helping fund Seattle Seahawks jerseys so every one could participate in showing their team spirit at school! Keep Up With The D.L. Hughley Show On Facebook!
In today’s Rock-T Joke Of The Day a college professor tells his students if they’re an idiot to stand. Listen to the audio to find out what happened…
SPRING LAKE, N.C. – A Harnett County teacher has been fired after school officials said she allowed biology students to prick themselves with lancing needles…
Islamic militant groups are the suspected criminals responsible for gunning down a Nigerian agricultural school campus, while many students slept in the dormitories. The attackers…
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS (AP) — A Catholic high school in suburban Chicago says it’ll begin randomly testing all students this fall to determine if any of them have been drinking alcohol. St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights says the tests will be done with a hair sample. Officials say that can determine if a student […]
OCALA, Fla. (AP)- Three years after banning paddling, the Marion County school board agreed Tuesday to let elementary school principals resume the practice to punish misbehaving students. Officials approved the measure, which has been banned since 2010. According to the Ocala Star-Banner, paddling can only be used in elementary schools, and only if a parent […]
Roland Martin talks with Damon Hewitt, the Director of Education Practice at the NAACP LDF about the “school to prison” pipeline that was occurring in the Meridian, Miss. school district and what is currently happening to protect black students from being pushed into this cycle.
Roland Martin Talks with Michelle Rhee, the founder and CEO of StudentFirst, about the recently released 50 state policy report card which ranks the quality of education students are receiving state-by-state.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities. A joint report by groups including the ACLU and NAACP says the problems are more widespread than just the city of Meridian, where the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states announced Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and […]
As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice. A new report out Wednesday offers a big reason for their optimism: evidence from at least some of the nine states that don't use affirmative action that leading […]
