Concerned Taxpayer
Dear Editor, Thank you for writing the recent article about Aldine ISD. For the first time in years, I am excited about a Superintendent. I am so glad that Dr. Goffney was selected because I feel that she CAN do the work! But from the information in the article the questions are, “Will THEY allow […]
Local Teacher Recognized
An engineering teacher at Booker T. Washington High School and the High School for Engineering Professionals is one of the eight educators statewide receiving this year’s HEB Excellence in Education Awards. Nghia Le was awarded HEB’s Secondary Education Leadership prize, which honors teachers with 10 to 20 years of classroom experience. The award comes with […]
Living Legend: Honorable Albert Ely Edwards
State Representative, Hon. Albert Ely Edwards was born in Houston, Texas on March 19, 1937. Edwards is the sixth child out of the sixteen children born to Reverend E. L. Edwards, Sr. and Josephine Radford Edwards. He graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School and attended Texas Southern University, earning his B.A. degree in 1966. At […]
Properly Funding Texas Public Education
By Senator Borris Miles Only a week remains in the 86th Legislative Session at the Texas Capitol. Even in this small time frame, lawmakers must be vigilant as ever because the best and the worst have come when under enormous pressure. One of the biggest priorities announced this session was public education finance reform. For […]
Prairie View’s T.L.O.D. Honored
PRAIRIE VIEW – Even though, the Prairie View Chapter Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated calendar year for 2018-2019 is coming to a close, the time does not stop these two ladies for continuing their mission of community service. Recently, Lady Patsy Jackson recognized two ladies for their time, commitment, and hard work with the Prairie […]
Mr. Brown Would Shed a Tear About America’s Segregated Schools
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson One week before the 65th anniversary, May 17, of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education landmark school desegregation case, a photo appeared that caused a firestorm of anger and protest. The photo was of four women, none African-American, smiling and grinning while holding a hanging noose. The women are teachers […]
Accountability Part V. Business Owners
By Roy Douglas Malonson “At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… it’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.” – Denzel Washington Since I have been dealing with the “Accountability” series, I decided to target business owners […]
Radiance #1045
By Rebecca S. Jones Order of the Eastern Star – Radiance Chapter #1045 – Striving to serve mankind unselfishly through generous acts of kindness HOUSTON – “If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled, without giving […]
Student Lands Job with Rubberband Bracelet
WORTHING H.S. – Jared Merchant, a senior at Worthing Early College High School in Houston’s, Sunnyside was hired when the employer saw his bracelet. Jared said, “I had on my bracelet during the interview and I was asked what was I certified in? ‘I told them Microsoft Word Expert and HTML5 (Web Technologies) Application Development […]
Beauty
By Rebecca S. Jones “Well, well, well… It appears America has finally accepted the century-old secret, that scores of slave masters have always known. OUR BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL! Always has been, always will be.” – Rebecca S. Jones For the first time in history, three Black women possess the crowns of three major national pageants, […]
