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by Carrol A. Thomas, Ed. D.
President, National Alliance of Black School Educators
As I begin my tenure as president of NABSE, I want to thank all of you for the great vote of confidence by electing me to lead this great organization into the next decade. I promise you that I will do my absolute best to take NABSE to the next level of greatness and accomplishment. [read more]
news and updates
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- Education secretary says US needs more minority teachers
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said recently that he plans to recruit more African-American and Latino teachers in a bid to narrow achievement gaps among students. African-American males make up less than 2 percent of teachers nationwide, Duncan told CNN, while African-American and Latino males — combined — represent roughly 3.5 percent of all U.S. teachers. [read more]
- Why young black males are not graduating high school
A new report from the Schott Foundation reveals that only 47 percent of black male students earn a high school diploma on time. Ironically, this report came out shortly after Judge Vaughn Walker ruled regarding Proposition 8 in California. If the statements on which Judge Walker based his ruling are "facts," how do we explain what is happening educationally to boys in the black community where a large majority are growing up without fathers? [read more]
- After Katrina, how charter schools helped recast New Orleans education
Before Hurricane Katrina, the school system in New Orleans was like a dysfunctional marching band: It had structure and central direction, but academic failure and corruption dragged it down. Five years later, the schools are like a nascent jazz band: bursting with energy and improvisation and making bold academic strides – but still far from achieving their full promise. [read more]
- Barack Obama's $4.35 Billion "Race to the Trough": School year 2010-2011
California may be broke, and politicians in the nation's capital may be drowning in trillion-dollar deficits, but none of that has turned off the spending spigot in every level of government: county, city, state and federal. [read more]
- Education secretary Arne Duncan: Headmaster of US school reform
As students head back to school, educators nationwide are implementing controversial school reform wrought by Arne Duncan. Pushing competitive market approaches and armed with unprecedented funding and support from the president, he is possibly the most powerful education secretary ever. [read more]
- Against steep odds, HBCU leaders rebuild trust in their institutions
As president of Morris Brown College, a small unaccredited institution in downtown Atlanta, Dr. Stanley Pritchett knows he has a tough job convincing parents and students to enroll. His problem is compounded by the fact that he has little money in the budget for marketing. [read more]
- Autopsy of a turnaround district
Massive school and district turnarounds seem a dime a dozen nowadays, but it's worth taking a look at the Public Policy Institute of California's new evaluation of one of the most hotly debated turnaround attempts from the early days of No Child Left Behind: San Diego Unified School District's short-lived "Blueprint for Student Success." [read more]
- Encouraging entrepreneurship among HBCU students
In the mid-1990s, Amir Pirzadeh had an idea for improving sawmills. But he struggled with how to turn a technical innovation into a profitable business. That changed in 2007 when Pirzadeh, an MBA student at Fayetteville State University, and classmates won a business competition — the Opportunity Funding Corporation's Venture Challenge. Three years later, Pirzadeh saw his idea, a machinery company called Smart Saws Inc., grow to $444,000 in gross sales. [read more]
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Teacher Jobs Saved By Congress for the FY School Year Cycle
NABSE Co-Sponsors Formula Fairness Campaign
DOE released "A Blueprint for Reform", Saturday night,
March 13.
Click here to go the Department's website.
Click here to download a pdf copy of the "blueprint."
Secretary Duncan's testimony before the Budget committee signals content that will be present in the Department's bill to be dropped in mid-March for Congressional consideration. [Read more.]
Proposed By Laws Amendments
(posted 7/1/09)
January 22, 2010:
Dr. Charles R. Thomas, Sr. (NABSE Pres. 1985-87) passes away [Read more]
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