March 2012
March 15th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Cover Stories, Latest News with 3 Comments
More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, there is a consensus among K-12 educators that students benefit from working side by side with others who are ethnically diverse. The same is true within higher education since the skills needed in a global economy are best developed through exposure to diverse people and cultures.“There’s a lot to be said about being in a diverse class with...
March 14th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
The new nationwide K-12 Data Collection report conducted by the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office paints a dismal and disturbing picture of how black and Hispanic students are treated in the nation’s schools — unfortunately, the majority of the nation’s schools. The data, collected from more than 72,000 schools represents 85 percent of all students.It shows that poor blacks are...
March 13th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
Kiss the blarney stone and toast your friends with a frosty mug of green beer. It’s St. Patrick’s Day, a time when everyone is Irish! Originally a religious holiday, March 17 is now predominately a day for parades and parties around the globe, In Ireland however, it wasn’t until the 1970’s that the pubs were allowed to open on this sacred day. Despite the merriment now associated with this early...
March 12th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
The United States is a melting pot that continues to draw people from all ethnic backgrounds to its shores in pursuit of the “American Dream.” Many of these latest newcomers arrive as students and their first encounter with American culture – both good and bad - is on a college campus. And sometimes these campuses are recognized internationally for their efforts at getting it right.The University...
March 8th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in All About Family, Latest News with 2 Comments
Some homes become single parent homes for reasons other than divorce or desertion.According to the New York-based Applied Research Center, the government deported 46,000 parents of U.S. born children in the first six months of 2011 with an estimated 5,100 of those children delegated to foster homes due to such deportations.This is one of the lesser-told stories about our current immigration...