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She's Notre Dame's First Black Valedictorian |
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April 13, 2010: In the 161 years the University of Notre Dame has been awarding degrees, never had there been an African-American as valedictorian. until this year. She’s Katie Washington of Gary, Indiana. She carries a 4.0 GPA majoring in biology and minoring in Catholic social teaching. Washington plans to continue her studies at Johns Hopkins University and follow in her father’s footsteps into medicine.
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Unequal Opportunities in Education |
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 The racial issues in reference to education that W.E.B Du Bois addressed and fought for in the 20th century did not die with him. While other great black leaders during this time pushed for African Americans to accept their superior position and learn crafts, industrial skills, farming skills and other trades that mainstream society saw as inferior, Du Bois wanted equality for African Americans.
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Something Our Kids/Grandkids---All Need to Understand!! |
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 Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
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What's the Key to Ending the Math and Science Teacher Shortage? |
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President Obama (and his predecessor, President Bush) has addressed the national shortage of math and science teachers several times in various official addresses on education. Both suggested recruiting more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) teachers—in the tens of thousands per year.
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What Local Churches Can Do |
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Local churches and all communities of faith must become better informed about the needs of the public schools in their communities and in the country as a whole. They can then counter the widespread misinformation now abroad, and work together to support and strengthen the schools.
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