The U.S. Government, via the Public School system, is reaching farther into the private lives of citizens by taking on the responsibility of rearing our children. With a newly implemented program spreading across the nation, the public school system is incorporating "Character Education" into academics.....[more]

Organizing a Movement for Black Education

Movements for the building of the Black community are increasing throughout the nation. Motivation on an individual level and a little extra time could make a huge difference in one child's future.....[more]

Becoming a Reader
Helping Your Child Become a Reader

Every step a child takes toward learning to read leads to another. Bit by bit, the child builds the knowledge that is necessary for being a reader. Over their first 6 years, most children....[more]

How Can I Assess the Development of My Preschooler?

It is only natural for parents to wonder occasionally if the development of their preschooler is going well. Questions such as, "Is my child doing what he or she is supposed to at this age?" and "Do all 4-year-olds behave this way in the same situation?" reflect a natural desire to be sure the child is progressing normally. Over the years, psychologists have developed many normative scales to indicate how an individual child compares with others of a given age in similar populations.......[more]

Data on Children Whose Parents are Involved in School Activities - 1999

Less than half of school-age children's parents attend school meetings, events, or conferences. This could be a major factor in a child's behavior. This also reveals that the majority of parents are more concerned or preoccupied with something other than their child's education.....[more]

Kids and Computing
Author: Dr. Adnan Ahmed Qureshi

Computers can do much more than help children with their schoolwork - they allow them to acquire valuable knowledge and skills for their future careers......[more]

Below are the concerns of a Black woman who sees the need for reformation in the U.S. Educational system. If we all saw what she sees it would definitely be a site for crying eyes. I encourage and challenge parents and black educators alike to instill within our Black children the self-esteem and self-respect to know that they are even brighter and more unique than their white counterparts.

The Education of the Black Child

"To break it down to you a little better, the educational system wants Black-Children to meet with the same educational standards (equally) as the white children (middle-class) as if they are actually treated equally in this society.

As if the Black-English - in which the Black-Child learns from family and the neighborhood - is negative and bad because it is not the white standard english.

They want the behavior, the emotional and general personality development, and the acceptance of certain curriculum programs. If the Black child differs in any way from the white child then the Black child is a problem and may need to see a psychiatrist.

The I.Q. test is not social-cultured. I can go on and on and on. However the system has to put a stop to depreciating and devaluating Black-Children because they are differ from white children, and learn to accept the difference rather than use words to take away a childs self-confidence.

And us Parents are not helping because when we do have one of our children who is doing well in school we go around saying silly stuff like "Keisha is smart in school, but I dont know what got into RayQuan, he just dont want to learn or he's so bad in school."

Inspired from the book:
"The Developmental Psychology of The Black-Child"
by Prof. Amos N. Wilson