The teacher frustration that was at record levels last year still burns. From burnout to frustration with inadequate pay, educators aren’t feeling any better today. (Adobe Stock via Defender Network) It’s no secret. Teachers are tired, overworked, overlooked, and underpaid. Although many of the conversations about hiring and retaining teachers, especially, Black teachers, were being Read More…
Education
AME Farm and Garden Initiative: Growing Together to Strengthen Community
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical importance of robust local food systems for resilience, sustainability, and community well-being. In 2021, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church International Health Commission launched the AME Farm and Garden Initiative in response to rising food insecurity at both local and national levels. This initiative aims to connect, catalog, and Read More…
EDUCATION – Teacher morale devasted by COVID-19 and it hasn’t recovered
Lesley Lavery Professor of Political Science, Macalester College Steve Friess Independent writer and editor, University of Michigan Kansas faces the worst teacher shortfall in its history. The 4,000 teaching vacancies Florida faces as the new school year approaches “is more than the population of teachers in 19 of Florida’s smallest counties combined,” the state’s teachers union says. In Vermont, Read More…
13-Year-Old Boy Makes History, Publishes First Ever Book About Skincare
13-Year-Old Boy Makes History, Publishes First Ever Book About Skincare for Black Children 13-year-old Bron Echols has made history as the first author to publish a book about skincare for Black children. Wash Your “T” and Close Your Eyes, which he co-authored with his mom, Patrice Tartt Chappelle, is a delightful and educational book set to Read More…
Trumaine White’s Unjustifiable Death by the name Racial Injustice
‘How does such a minor moment end in death?’: Family and attorneys seeking answers on inmate’s death AMITE COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of an inmate at the Amite County Jail. On October 4th, 41-year-old Trumaine White, who was a truck driver, died at the jail. Read More…
Why bilingual skills and multicultural education are important and how can they influence the future of our kids?
In today’s world, people’s values revolve around education, which is known as an efficient door opener for many excellent opportunities. Being a bilingual individual with a multicultural education is of utmost importance, particularly because these capacities can allow individuals to join the extensive job marketplace and set up successful careers, as well. However, people might experience Read More…