BY WALTER OPINDE | BlackThen Despite being enslaved from Africa, Phillis Wheatley became the first slave, the first African-American, and the third female in …
Erin Blakemore | Time This piece is part of an ongoing series on the unsung women of history. Read more here. In 1862, a young woman stood at a podium at …
Students hurrying home from Lakewood Elementary, one of the Transformation Zone schools that would benefit from the elimination of the achievement gap. …
Leah McRae, Esq. BY LEAH MCRAE, Director of Education and Community Engagement ST. PETERSBURG –Now is the time to be deliberate about the next …
By EMILY CRANE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM The father of a black Bowie State University student killed in a possible hate crime has emotionally accepted his son’s …
L-R, Je’Nel Yore, Sierra Kennedy, KaAndra Maxwell, Lauren Williams, Tiffany Whitson and Keyana Squire-Dennis BY RAVEN JOY SHONEL, Staff Writer ST. …
President Herbert Murphy BY JOSEPH CONTE, Neighborhood News Bureau ST. PETESBURG – The crowds doubled this year at the Art Conservatory for Teens …
By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press | Source, MSN BOSTON — Black students at Harvard University are organizing a graduation ceremony of their own this year …
By Allen A. Buchanan, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Seven talented young women and men competed for scholarships and cash prizes in the Eta Rho Chapter of …
By Timothyna Duncan For Dailymail.com and Associated Press A 14-year-old physics major has become the youngest person ever to graduate from Texas Christian …
By Allen A. Buchanan, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Compassion, determination and unconditional love for young people becoming success stories set the …
By Gus Renegade | Atlanta Black Star The school year began in September 2014 weeks after the death of Eric Garner, who suffered cardiac arrest after being …
Andre Perry | The Root Editor’s note: Once a month, the National Interest column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase …
Sesali Bowen | Refinery29 In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Day, approaching on May 9, I wanted to do a story on some of the best and worst teachers …
Jeanine Skowronski | Credit.com (Source USA Today) We get it, soon-to-be-grad, you’re busy. Finals need to be taken; dorm rooms need to be cleared out. Jobs …
By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER Quadruplet brothers who made headlines last month after being accepted into 59 of the best colleges in the country have made their …
BY ALLEN A. BUCHANAN, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG –The Pinellas Education Foundation joined the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County Schools to …
Public Works program at PTC offers 14 career tracks. BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – From road maintenance to surveying, to water …