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Rapper Lil Jon has been using his star power and wealth to help children in underdeveloped countries gain access to a proper education. A school he helped fund in partnership with the charity, Pencils of Promise, broke ground last month in Ghana. Mafi Atitekpo DA Primary School will enroll 313 children. It is the second of […]

The Trump Administration has put an end to Forever First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let Girls Learn” program which promoted girls’ education in developing countries around the world.

Researchers found that just having one African-American educator can reduce one's risk of not finishing high school by 30 percent.

He says many kids don't have mentors to keep them on track, as he had growing up.

Ifeoma White-Thorpe has to make a tough decision among the elite schools vying for her enrollment.

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Shaun King, Senior Justice writer at the New York Daily News, tells the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the school in Arlington, Texas that seems to be poisoning children and teachers. Find out more about this horrific story. Listen below.  

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Chance the Rapper announces the launch of the New Chance Arts and Literature Fund for Chicago public schools.

NewsOne focuses in March 2017 on the steep uphill climb of Black girls in the K-12 public school system.

A young man’s dream of space exploration is that much closer to reality when he graduates college this spring. But that’s not even the most amazing part of his story. When he graduates this May, he’ll be just 19-years-old. That’s right, when most students are either just starting or completing their freshman year, 19-year-old Ronald […]

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama made a special appearance on Thursday night’s episode of FOX’s MasterChef Junior.

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Senate Education Committee chairman John Eichelberger reportedly said during a town hall meeting that he blames failing urban school systems for minority students dropping out of college and that money would be better spent training them for vocational programs.

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Marvel Comics character Riri Williams, an African-American woman superhero, was featured in MIT’s admissions video.