By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Associated Black Charities (ABC), a Baltimore-based racial equity organization, will hold its first Teen Financial Literacy Summit on April 13 at the DoubleTree Baltimore North Hotel in Pikesville, Md. The free event builds on the success of ABC’s six-week Teen Financial Literacy summer series that took place last […]
Category: Education
Posted inBooks, Commentary, Education, Opinion, OPINION
Commentary: HomeWork: A lesson perfected at home
By Maxine J. Wood, Ed.D “HomeWork: Lessons Learned in the Home for Success in School and Life,” released in May 2023, marked the publication of the second edition of a book fifteen years in the making. It reflects a composite view of my observations, recommendations and motivations for encouraging parents and parenting adults to give […]
Posted inBUSINESS, Celebrating Women's History Month, COMMUNITY, Education, Money, National News, Real Estate, Tech, Technology
Empowering Women in Commercial Real Estate: The Role of CREWBaltimore in Driving Change and Your Opportunity for Growth”
CREWBaltimore is a local chapter of CREW Network, an organization dedicated to accelerating success for women in the commercial real estate industry globally, through programs that educate women and girls about the career opportunities available to them and provide mentoring for those new to, and currently in, the industry.
Posted inEducation, HBCU, History, National News, Women's Rights
Sustaining the sisterhood: A look at the women of Bennett College
By Ariyana Griffin Special to the AFRO For over 150 years, Bennett College, a private historically Black liberal arts institution, has advocated for education for women of color preparing them to excel and lead post graduation. Bennett College was founded in 1873 in the basement of Warnersville Methodist Episcopal Church, which is now known as St. […]
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Women on the move: How the Bronze Villagers are tackling the literacy gap, one family at a time
The Bronze Villagers, a group of volunteers in Howard County, Maryland, is celebrating five years of providing school readiness activities and resources to African-American children to help close the educational achievement gap.
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Another downside of book bans: They stunt reading ability
By Joseph Williams, Word In Black For years, as test scores fell and teachers fretted, educators and analysts rang the alarm: the U.S. is facing a grade-school reading crisis. If left unaddressed, they say, Black children could fall even further behind. Now, college professors are sounding an alarm of their own. They say college students […]
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Dr. Sherita Hill Golden, chief diversity officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine, resigns after ‘privilege’ controversy
By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writer msayles@afro.com Dr. Sherita Hill Golden has exited her post as vice president and chief diversity officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), according to an email sent by Dean and CEO Theodore L. DeWeese and Executive Vice President Kevin W. Sowers on March 4. As the medical institution prepares to conduct a […]
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Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet
By Moriah Balingit, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, Doris Milton is a Head Start success story. She was a student in one of Chicago’s inaugural Head Start classes, when the antipoverty program, which aimed to help children succeed by providing them a first-rate preschool education, was in its infancy. Milton loved […]
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Another downside of book bans: They stunt reading ability
By Joseph WilliamsWord In Black For years, as test scores fell and teachers fretted, educators and analysts rang the alarm: the U.S. is facing a grade-school reading crisis. If left unaddressed, they say, Black children could fall even further behind. Now, college professors are sounding an alarm of their own. They say college students are […]
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund welcomes HBCU administrators to Capitol Hill for policy discussions
By Aria Brent AFRO Staff Writer abrent@afro.com The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is gearing up for the eighth Presidents and Chancellor’s HBCU Fly-In on Capitol Hill from March 6th to March 8th. This three day event is focused on bringing together HBCU administrators, members of congress and policy makers to discuss the issues that are directly […]
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Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet
By Moriah Balingit AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, Doris Milton is a Head Start success story. She was a student in one of Chicago’s inaugural Head Start classes, when the antipoverty program, which aimed to help children succeed by providing them a first-rate preschool education, was in its infancy. Milton loved […]
Posted inHBCU
Hilltop Newspaper celebrates 100 years
By Ron TaylorSpecial to the AFRO A group of former colleagues gathered recently to commemorate and share the distinction of being part of a rare fraternal order. But this wasn’t just another governmental or corporate sub-unit meeting for drinks and chit-chat. Assembled in a Martin Luther King Jr. Library conference room, were roughly 60 Howard […]