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Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Policies Reversed, Additional Salt & Fat Allowed
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: © YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images Under the direction of Donald Trump’s White House, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun scaling back nutritional food guidelines for school lunches, which were part of former First Lady Michelle Obama’s healthy diet initiatives for children. In 2010, the U.S. Congress passed […]
Father Sues School That Banned His Son For Dreadlock Hairstyle
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: The ACLU Around the beginning of the current academic year, TheBlackHomeSchool.com profiled a six-year-old black boy named Clinton Stanley, Jr. This precious child lives in the Greater Orlando, Florida Metro Area and was ready to begin his first exciting day of school for the 2018-19 year. Stanley’s […]
11-Year-Old Rap Phenom’s Bars Get Her a Deal With Jewelry Company
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: John Parra/Getty Images for BET A penchant for hip-hop music has already led a pre-teen black girl on a path toward financial security and major brand affiliation by way of a short viral video. According to BET, 11-year-old Alaya High (better known by her stage name “That Girl Lay Lay”) […]
Formerly Bullied 11-Year-Old’s Story & Clothing Line Leads to Teen Vogue Feature
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Kheris Rogers/Pintrest An 11-year-old girl who was formerly bullied for having dark skin has become a national celebrity over her story of triumph, entrepreneurship, and refined self-esteem. Kheris Rogers (pictured) was profiled last year by TheBlackHomeSchool.com for turning her story of colorism and shame into dignity and entrepreneurship. At 10-years-old, […]
How To Raise Kids Who Will Shine As Entrepreneurs
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: SweetDreamGirlz.com One of the biggest priorities we hold dear to at TheBlackHomeSchool.com is profiling the inspirational stories of remarkable black children who are already thriving as so-called “kidpreneurs.” In addition to functioning as a business that provides helpful resources to parents who are serious about homeschooling their […]
Why This Black Educator Says School Segregation is Good
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report One of the biggest and most lamented hallmarks of America’s historically white supremacist system was education segregation. However, in 1954, Brown vs Board of Education, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, led to the outlawing of segregation on the basis on race in all […]
19-Year-Old is the Youngest Store Owner at Northwoods Mall in SC
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Birch & Pen Earlier this month (November 2018), a black male still in his teens accomplished an entrepreneurial feat, which definitely has proven that youth is not a deterrent to someone striving to accomplish their dreams. WCSC-TV 5 News, a local CBS-affiliated media outlet based in Charleston, South Carolina recently […]
Meet Stanley Celestine, Jr.: Louisiana’s 19-Year-Old School Board Member
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Melinda Martinez/The Lafayette Daily Advertiser In January of 2019, a young man will make history by becoming the youngest member of the Avoyelles Parish School Board in Marksville, Louisiana. According to a Louisiana newspaper called the Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Stanley Celestine, Jr. (pictured) will be officially sworn in as a member […]
Study: Black Kids Are Deprived of Algebra and College Prep Classes
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: Michigan State University In recent history, Black Enterprise Magazine published a report, which covered a study by an education reform advocacy outlet called Dropout Nation. The digital media news source extracted its research info from the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights database. Unfortunately, this in-depth study […]
Black Teachers Are Quitting At Depressing Rates In This District
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: The Washingtonian Over the last few years, black and brown teachers have embarked on a mass exit in one of the biggest municipal public school systems in the U.S. In the nation’s capital of Washington D.C., investigators probing the public school system of the District uncovered a […]
WATCH: White Coach’s Racist Tirade Towards Black Kid At “Christian School”
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: WatchStadium.com The owner and CEO of a Christian prep school in the U.S state of Florida has sparked sheer outrage since an audio clip of him severely disparaging a black athlete has gone viral. According to WatchStadium.com, a credible, nationwide sports news source, Mike Woodbury (pictured left) was […]
Most Pennsylvania Public Schools Have No Black Teachers
By Victor Trammell and Nomalanga Mhauli-Moses Photo credits: Emma Lee/WHYY.org In one of the most populous states in the northeastern region of the U.S, there are absolutely no black teachers in over 50 percent of the schools within every local public school district inside that state. Statistical data taken during the 2016-17 academic year by the […]
