Tag: NAACP and Education

• Tonight: How can we bridge the digital and health divide for students of color during the pandemic?

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  October 29, 2020

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  African Americans, Announcements

  Expert panelists from the National Medical Association and the NAACP will share their ideas in a free webinar taking place Thursday, Oct. 29. The discussion will be moderated by the University of Kentucky College of Education’s Dr. Gregory Vincent, executive director of the college’s Education and Civil Rights Initiative in collaboration with the NAACP. The initiative is based…

  

• The Breakdown of New NAACP Education Initiative with Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig

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  August 13, 2020

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  African Americans, Announcements, Breaking News

  The University of Kentucky College of Education is teaming up with the NAACP to launch a groundbreaking collaboration. Together, the two are developing an education and research initiative focused on educational equity, civil rights and social justice. Tonight on The Breakdown-UK College of Education Dean, Julian Vasquez Heilig. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog…

  

• 10 Things to Know about the Charter School Debate

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  August 26, 2016

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  African Americans, Charter Schools, Vouchers

  At separate conventions this summer, the NAACP and the Black Lives Matter Movement—the nation’s oldest and the youngest civil rights organizations—passed resolutions critical of charter schools and the privatization of education. We may have reached a watershed moment for market-based school choice. This article appeared here first at the Progressive Magazine. Here are 10 things to consider about…