(ThyBlackMan.com) For parents across the country, the end of summer marks much more than cooler weather and light jackets. As you begin to trade long summer days for cool fall mornings, the biggest thing on your mind is the new school year. As you make this transition, you are being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Young Black Men, Young men. Young men. Young men. Our black young men. Can you speak up? Will you speak up? Why won’t you speak up? We need you to speak up. Speak up and speak out. I understand that the hip hop world, the rap world, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I see the future of America as a society that is knowledge-based competing and succeeding in the changing dynamics of the modern world. Creating a knowledge-based society involves getting all people on board. In perfecting skills to compete in a global world, it is imperative that education is at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are many African-American males who are heading to prison versus college in the 21st century. In order for things to change with black men today, they need to take ownership of their destiny. What better way to achieve success, than by going to college to get your Human ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) September 1, 2011. You are a brand new Black college professor headed across campus to teach your first class. Thoughts like these might be running through your head. I have my doctorate. I am an expert in my field. I have written a dissertation. I am ready to begin ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You know the expression, money talks and bull@*it walks. For years we have heard a lot of talk about the “Black male crisis,” and witnessed an endless stream of reports and analyses detailing the dire straits of young Black men. I have heard my share of B.S. over the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. William Cosby, (Bill Cosby) stated, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” As a third generation teacher I wanted to encourage, inspire, empower, bless and provide confidence to my brother educators. Education as a whole needs more certified male teachers to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every day an entire wealth of information is shared and our young people grasp very little of it… They say if you want to hide some thing from a Black man, put it in a book. I say to hide something from most Black people, just write it anywhere ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in higher education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will need to play a major role, says a White House official on education. Just how the nation’s predominately Black institutions will participate in that objective was the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In my “Black Education Disaster” column (12/22/10), I presented National Assessment of Educational Progress test data that demonstrated that an average black high school graduate had a level of reading, writing and math proficiency of a white seventh- or eighth-grader. The public education establishment bears part of the responsibility ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The importance of literacy and comprehension is paramount for Black children to be successful academically. Black children must have strong skills in literacy and comprehension to compete in school and life. What good is reading words if you do not understand the meaning of words and cannot apply them ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the 2011 graduation season moves into full swing, Black Americans are reminded that only about two-thirds of students who enter the 9th grade will graduate with a high school diploma four years later. Among minority males the dropout rate is ominous. High school dropout is a national crisis ...