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Father & Son Killed In Shooting At Virginia High School Graduation
A father and son are dead with seven others injured after a shooting that took place after a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia. The incident took place on Tuesday on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.
College Board Waters Down AP African American Studies Course
The College Board officially released the curriculum for their AP African American Studies course on Wednesday. The release was met with backlash as many noted that contemporary topics such as intersectionality, Black feminist & queer studies, and reparations were obscured and omitted from the framework. Academics felt the move was made in response to conservative politicians like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis claiming the College Board had a "political agenda". The post College Board Waters Down AP African American Studies Course appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Diddy Pays Surprise Visit To Bronx Charter School He Co-Counded
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mike Coppola / Getty While Diddy has been on a serious promotional run he made sure also to lend his celebrity for good. He paid a surprise visit to his old charter school in the Bronx. As per The Bronx Times, the Bad Boy Entertainment mogul is back in New York City. On Wednesday, Oct. 19 Diddy stopped by Capital Preparatory Bronx Charter School in the Co-Op City section of the borough. He stopped in unannounced and took the entire student body by surprise while they attended a mandatory meeting in their auditorium. As expected, the kids were excited to see Diddy at their school and greeted him with screams and much applause. “I know that that’s a cure for what’s going on in our community — is education,” Combs said during the impromptu presentation....
Tegan and Sara Quin, Cobie Smulders, Clea DuVall, and More on Why High School Had to Be a Period Piece
“I’m really excited that we get to see queer art from the ’90s,” executive producer Tegan Quin tells Consequence about High School. Based on the memoir written by Quin and sister/longtime collaborator Sara Quin, the new Freevee series takes a unique approach to adaptation, anchored by solid debut performances by Railey and Seazynn Gilliland as twins named Tegan and Sara, whose complicated relationship becomes stronger as they discover a mutual love for writing and performing music. Thanks to showrunners Clea DuVall (who also directs multiple episodes) and Laura Kittrell, the series serves as both an authentic portrait of Tegan and Sara’s experiences growing up in the 1990s as well as a relatable narrative capturing the essence of growing up and discovering your true potential. Below, the Q...
Tegan Explains Her Complicated Relationship With Sara in High School Clip: Exclusive
High School isn’t just a triggering phrase for anyone who had a difficult adolescence — it’s also the title of the new Amazon Freevee series based on the memoir by Tegan and Sara Quin. Centered around the complicated sisterhood of two musically gifted twins as they come of age in the mid-90s, High School is all about what it’s like to discover who you are, and where your talents lie, during these formative years. The nature of being a twin plays a big role in the series, as seen in the below exclusive clip. While Tegan (played by Railey Gilliland) is used to having to look after her sister Sara (Seazynn Gilliand), she finds that constant dynamic in her life being challenged by Maya (Amanda Fix), a new friend from school to whom Tegan is getting closer. The clip captures the nuanced nature ...
64% of US blockchain-versed parents want crypto taught in schools: Survey
Over two-thirds of U.S. parents and college graduates with an understanding or involvement in crypto believe that crypto should be taught in schools in order for students to “learn about the future of our economy,” a new study has found. In a newly released survey from the online educational platform Study.com, the firm found that 64% of the parents 67% of the college graduates surveyed believed that cryptocurrencies should be part of mandatory education. Source: 2022 Study.com Survey Both groups had a slightly different view when it came to the blockchain, the Metaverse, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) however, with only around 40% believing those subjects should be included in the curriculum as well. In order to take part in the survey, the parents and college grads were scree...
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Are Building the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs With an Adidas & PENSOLE Partnership – And a New L.A. High School
For kids aspiring to be in the shoes of entrepreneurs like Dr. Dre or Jimmy Iovine, the The Defiant Ones co-stars are helping them design their own path, with a new partnership with Adidas and PENSOLE, and their expanded, multidisciplinary curriculum fit for L.A. high schools. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Students design Adidas sneakers as part of the “Wood U” workshops at USC’s Iovine and Young Academy in November 2021. GI for adidas Adidas sneakers designed by students during “Wood U” workshops. Courtesy of Adidas In the fall, Adidas, PENSOLE and the Iovine and Young Academy — which the Beats co-founders started at the University of Southern California in 2013 for college students seeking integrated design, business and technology degrees ...
Black Louisiana Dads Celebrated For Stepping Up For High School Students #DadsOnDuty
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: CBS News / CBS In one of the best stories to come out in this early part of the fall, a group of fathers tiring of the violence at a Louisiana high school have stepped up in a major way. After a series of violent incidents at Southwood High School, the dads put everything on the line and it appears that their presence alone has touched the hearts of not only the students but onlookers across the nation as well. CBS News published a report highlighting the violence and the arrest of 23 students in the span of three days along with several skirmishes on the grounds that were caught on video. Frustrated with the danger the students were putting themselves through, a group of around 40 fathers formed the Dads on Duty group and, amazingly, since th...
AfDB grants $11.26 million for women, girls’ education in Chad
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $11.26 million to the Government of Chad to finance the Girls’ Education and Women’s Literacy Project – the bank’s first grant exclusively targeting women and girls. The project will be financed from the Bank’s Transition Support Facility and will be implemented over a five-year period by the Chadian Ministry of National Education and Civic Promotion, in coordination with partners involved in the education sector, civil society organisations, and youth organisations. The Chadian government will contribute a non-monetary contribution of $713,000 towards the program. “Through this financing, the African Development Bank is providing support to the Chadian government to reduce inequalities through access to educati...
Georgia High School That Went Viral For Crowded Hallways Reports COVID Outbreak
Source: Elijah Nouvelage / Getty A Georgia county high school has turned into the county’s hot zone after sending students back to school against the recommendation of the CDC. One week after the hallways of the Paulding County high school went viral when a student took and uploaded a picture of the crowded area that featured many students without masks, weeks after the country debated on whether students should physically return to school or continue online learning. As previously reported, after the viral photo made headlines, the student who posted it-identified only as Hannah-was suspended after school officials claimed that the image was snapped to “criticize” their decision to physically reopen despite public warnings. The high school will now resort back to being o...
