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call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of
the United States to observe this week with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities in respect and appreciation for the
contributions these valuable institutions and their graduates have made to
our country.
Yesterday President Bush visited the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward, the first school in the
devastated neighborhood to open after Katrina -- but the struggle for
decent schools in New Orleans goes on. Read more at NewAmericaMedia.org
Since 1993-94 white students have become less isolated from minority
students while, at the same time, black and Hispanic students have
become slightly more isolated from white students. Read more at Pew Hispanic Center
Students who decided to return to Dillard and Xavier universities and Southern University of New Orleans are beginning the school year amid the noise and bustle of rebuilding, hopeful that the campuses are getting back to normal, if such a state is possible two years after the devastating blow of Hurricane Katrina. Read more at BlackCollegeWire.org
The most diverse group of test-takers in the
history of the exam sat for the SAT in 2007, with 39 percent, or four
out of 10 test-takers, classified as minority. Blacks represented the majority of minority test-takers at 12 percent... Read more at DiverseEducation.com
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