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For Minority College Students, STEM Degrees Pay Big

Minority college students who major in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math – earn at least 25 percent more than their peers who study humanities or education, according to the results of a new study.

Read more at http://aareports.com/2012/08/for-minority-college-students-stem.html

Romney faces tough questions from black leaders in Philadelphia

Mitt Romney struggled to find support for his education proposals while campaigning at an inner-city school Thursday, one day after declaring education the “civil rights issue of our era.” Read more here: http://aareports.com/2012/05/romney-faces-tough-questions-from-black.html

President Obama: 2011 Back To School Speech

President Obama gave his third annual “Back to School” address at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, DC. The President spoke directly to students in public schools throughout the country on the importance of doing well in school. Watch his speech here: http://aareports.com/2011/09/president-obama-2011-back-to-school.html

Geoffrey Canada: We are failing our kids ( education )

Harlem Children’s Zone CEO Geoffrey Canada discussses the education crisis in America and the need for innovation. He suggest great ways to fix it such as longer school days and longer school years. Watch his CNN interview here: http://aareports.com/2011/07/geoffrey-canada-we-have-failed-our-kids.html

Pres. Obama protect Pell Grants & Head Start from budget cuts

President Obama put his money where his mouth is when it comes to the importance of education & made sure that Pell Grants and Head Start Programs were untouched in this round of budget cuts.

Read more: http://aareports.com/2011/04/obama-saves-education-from-budget-cuts.html

Obama to seek changes in Pell Grants

I fully support President Obama but I think we should all pay attention to what is going on. Pell Grants help many low income African Americans  through college and any changes could potentially be devastating to future black college applicants.

Read more about the changes here: http://aareports.com/2011/02/obama-to-seek-changes-in-pell-grants.html

School segregating black students during homeroom

Lancaster Pennsylvania has segregated black students not only by race but by gender during homeroom. The all-black homerooms are part of an experiment to determine if grouping students homogeneously  each day will help them socially and academically.

Read more: http://aareports.com/2011/01/school-segregating-black-stugents.html

What issue should Pres. Obama and the 112th Congress tackle first

With the 112th congress  in place we are hearing a lot about what they will do once they are in. Many say that things like repealing healthcare are what the “people” want. That got me to wondering about which issues are the most important to people. 

Please take the poll here: http://aareports.com/2011/01/what-one-issue-should-pres-obama-and.html

New poll: US adults blame parents for nations education problems

Blaming teachers for low test scores, poor graduation rates and the other ills of American schools has been popular lately, but a new survey wags a finger closer to home.

Read more:  http://aareports.com/2010/12/new-poll-us-adults-blame-parents-for.html

Criticism of how Newark is spending Facebook School reform dollars

The Partnership for Education in Newark was set up
to match Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million gift. It estimates the outreach effort and advertising and public relation costs will total $1 million. A legislator is criticizing how officials are spending money in New Jersey’s largest city in the wake of a $100 million gift from the founder of Facebook.

Read more: http://aareports.com/2010/11/criticism-of-newarks-use-of-facebook.html