Should Students Be Paid to Achieve?

By Faith Ajayi Should money and other material possessions be incentives for students to perform well in school? What happens when the school administration no longer has abundant money? What happened to the good old joy of learning and wanting to gain knowledge? What happens when parents have reached their...

 

By Anna Kinsman | June 4, 2008; 02:05 PM ET | Comments (0)

We Need a Recycling Program Now!

By Karen Vanegas McKinley needs to recycle. We need student, teacher and administration involvement. Our school's vision plan does not have enough emphasis on learning how to care for the environment. We all produce a great deal of waste that we can recycle. We recently had a problem with vandalism...

 

By Anna Kinsman | May 2, 2008; 08:57 AM ET | Comments (0)

Why Not Download CDs?

By Jason Baker Limewire, Bear Share and Myspace are used every day by music lovers all around the world. Is it wrong? That's a major problem that people seem to have. The evolution of MP3 players, MP4 players and digital media players has caused CD sales to decrease in the...

 

By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (0)

More African American Scientists

By Faith Ajayi Since the founding of this country, African Americans have made important contributions to science and technology. Beginning in the 1800s and to the present, African Americans have received Ph.D.s in science. Moreover, African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians have contributed tremendously to the history of...

 

By Anna Kinsman | January 17, 2008; 11:13 AM ET | Comments (4)

Younger Generation Takes Education for Granted

By Ashley McBride Fifty years ago, nine African American high school students were escorted by the National Guard into the all-white Little Rock Central High School. These students became known as the Little Rock 9. Three years prior to this event, Brown v. Board of Education ruled that there would...

 

By Anna Kinsman | January 17, 2008; 11:10 AM ET | Comments (0)

Complacence, Not "The Man"

By Adam Williams African American. Many things come to mind when we think of these two eternally conjoined words. Our history is riddled with rises and falls, tragedies and triumphs, disaster and relief. It is also so full of doubt, fear, disloyalty, slander, uncertainty and betrayal. Our very history...

 

By Anna Kinsman | January 17, 2008; 11:01 AM ET | Comments (0)

Baggy Pants Against the Law

By Allen Eldridge and Leah Smith Ok...this is ridiculous. Apparently, a law has been passed in Delcambre, Louisiana, saying that if you wear pants that show your underwear, you get six months in jail AND a $500 fine. Are you serious? Come on! You'll be fined because you couldn't find...

 

By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (1)

Jena 6: Symptom of the Disease

By Adam Williams In my relatively short lifetime, I've seen some things that I know in my heart of hearts just aren't right. 9/11, Iraq, Katrina, Rita, and that's just to name a few, but things changed this year in September. Things changed radically in a small town called Jena....

 

By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 09:13 AM ET | Comments (0)

Darfur: Why We Should Care

By Veronica Jones Darfur is home to over 30 ethnic groups, all African and all Muslim. Since early 2003, Sudanese government soldiers and their proxy ethnic militia, known as the Janjaweed, have fought rebel groups in the western region of Darfur. The government and Janjaweed strategy has been to carry...

 

By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 09:11 AM ET | Comments (0)

Easy Grades Hurt

By Karen Vanegas In the article "What Ever Happened To The Class Of 2005?" in The Washington Post, reporters surveyed Cardozo's one hundred and twenty seven students who began school there in 2001. The former Cardozo students said they weren't ready for college. The valedictorian of the graduating class is...

 

By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (0)

Should Southern States Apologize for Slavery?

We Could Use Some Help By Dominique Young-Smith Some states are debating whether or not to issue a formal apology to African Americans for slavery. An apology for slavery doesn't suffice for the wrongs done to the African American people. "I'm sorry" cannot fix the dehumanization done to our ancestors....

 

By Anna Kinsman | May 7, 2007; 10:38 AM ET | Comments (0)

Commentary on Fenty Schools Takeover

By Alton Lucas Mayor Fenty is fed up with the way that our education system is being run. He is currently trying to implement new plan that will diminish all the discrepancies. Not all people are behind his plans of taking over the schools. Some even feel that he is...

 

By Anna Kinsman | March 21, 2007; 11:02 AM ET | Comments (1)