July 19, 2026

Education

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NAACP Sues U.S. Education Secretary Over COVID-19 School Money

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NAACP formally filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., accusing DeVos of illegally changing the rules for allocating $13.2...

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August 5, 2020

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OP-ED: Returning to School in the Fall Isn’t Safe Without a Vaccine

CHICAGO DEFENDER — For CPS employees like myself who work with Preschool children ages 3-5, how are we supposed to ensure they maintain 6 feet...

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July 27, 2020

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Georgia Provost: “We need a Black Agenda!”

"Right now, we as Black people need to get us an agenda and we need to discuss all of these disparities that we have in...

By aframnews
July 19, 2020

Community, Education, Local, News, School, Texas

Are you sending your child to campus in the fall?

There is mixed reaction from parents who are trying to decide whether to send their children back to campus when the 2020 fall semester returns....

By aframnews
July 12, 2020

Community, Culture, Education, Local, News, Texas

Federal judge arrested in ‘TSU riots’ speaks

May 17, 1967 was a day Federal Judge Kenneth Hoyt will never forget. What started as a protest, ended with the death of a Houston...

By aframnews
July 6, 2020

Education, Local, School

Students can win with fall registration at Lone Star College-North Harris

To encourage students to think about fall registration during the sunny days of summer, LSC-North Harris is hosting a weekly prize drawing for students who...

By aframnews
June 30, 2020

Business, Education, School

Lone Star College-Houston North, Comcast provide free internet access to students during pandemic

Lone Star College-Houston North and Comcast’s Houston Region have announced a business partnership to provide free internet access to approximately 200 LSC-Houston North students and...

By aframnews
June 30, 2020

Community, Education, Local, School

Congratulations to Thomas H. Routt scholarship recipients

The Thomas H. Routt Scholarship Fund in upholding the legacy of the late Judge Thomas H. Routt has awarded $1,000 each in grants to Caleb...

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June 30, 2020

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Ransome’s ‘Everyday People’ on display at Children’s Museum of Houston

The Children’s Museum Houston has unveiled a brand-new art exhibit which celebrates people, places and defining moments in African American history, just in time for...