An article printed in the June 6-12 edition of the paper objected to EMBER Charter School’s submitting a request to the Department of Education for an expansion from K-8 to K-H.S. This week, EMBER founder and Managing Partner Rafiq R. Kalam Id-Din II responded, presenting the merits of the school and correcting what he says […]Read More
“BOYS & GIRLS” CAMPUS VILLAGE CONTINUES TO RAISE & PRAISE ITS PRIDE & JOY The award-giving continues for students at the Boys & Girls H.S. Campus — comprising Boys & Girls H.S., The School of Research and Service and The Nelson Mandela School of Justice. And Our Time Press is happy to be on […]Read More
By Michael A. Johnson There’s a reason why the book “The Emperor’s New Clothes” ended up in a lot of US elementary school’s classroom libraries over the years. I know it taught this 1960’s Brooklyn P.S. 9 kid the importance of acknowledging “a thing for what it truly is.” And yet, after so many years […]Read More
Clinton Toussaint, 17… During the Rediscovering Lost Values Tour we embarked on a journey and delved deep into American history. Specifically, how the rights of people across the world have been violated and focusing on the Transatlantic Slave Trade, segregation, Jim Crow and the events that led to the Voting Rights Act. What […]Read More
“Let me be clear: Black and Latino children do not need to sit next to white children in order to learn and achieve at the highest levels. The problem is that educational, material and financial resources follow white children.” By Basir Mchawi It’s official now. According to a new report, Harming Our […]Read More
By Michael A. Johnson As a principal, I’ve met teachers I wouldn’t want anywhere near my kids, and then there were many great and wonderful teachers who I’d hire 100 times over, regardless of that teacher’s race or nationality. Black students can’t wait for America to get its “racial act” together; they need a […]Read More
In 1975, Brooklyn’s landmark Girls High School of Nostrand and Boys High School on Marcy were merged to form Boys & Girls High School at Fulton Street and Utica Avenue. Now the school is a complex of three same at the same location appropriately called the BGHS Campus, comprising Boys & Girls High School […]Read More
By Amadi Ajamu The miseducation of Black children has increasingly become a burning issue in New York City. A community gathering of concerned elected officials, educators, parents, community activists and organizations came together on Saturday. They hammered out a strategy toward mobilization of parents, educators and youth activists across the city pushing for community input […]Read More
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