Let’s Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap By Using an Alternative Scoring Model
Op-Ed By Michael Grant  Wealth offers security and privilege that can last for generations. For minority households striving to...
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Encouraging Daily Attendance for all students is More Important Than Ever
ISBE shares federal guidance and toolkit to address chronic absenteeism  SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education is...
Why Did the Washington Post Single Out Black Chamber Leader for Front-Page Criticism?
Op-Ed By Khalil Abdullah                   ...
Making Classrooms Work for All Our Students
By Ben Jealous Former President and CEO of the NAACP The most important factor in a student's success is a...
ISBE Celebrates the Year of the Volunteer
Westmont volunteers recognized at September Board meeting SPRINGFIELD, IL – Jay G. and Kristina L. Dean of Westmont were honored...
Positive Signs and Building Momentum for Biden
From: The Draft Biden Campaign On the heels of news that nearly fifty key fundraisers had released a letter offering...
Draft Biden is Ridin’ to the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference and N.H. Democratic State Convention
Draft Biden 2016 is on the road this weekend talking to excited Democrats who want to join in the effort...
Chicago Native Bill Rancic to Deliver Keynote Speech at City of Chicago Small Business Expo
City of Chicago hosts 4th 'Small Business Center on The Road' Expo Chicago Native Bill Rancic to Deliver Keynote Speech...
Brown/Byrd Foundation Annual Reminder – September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – When Kevin Byrd and Blossom Brown were asked about the ultimate...
State Board Approves Threshold Scores on New PARCC Assessment
First batch of state-level preliminary results released for baseline year SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education voted...
