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Cab Calloway: The Original Frontman

by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d

A profile of the "Original Frontman", the great bandleader Cab Calloway. -- Polyphonic

Joel Leon: The Beautiful, Hard Work of Co-Parenting

by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d

' "Co-parenting" isn't a buzzword -- it's a way of showing up for your family openly, consistently and lovingly, says storyteller and father Joel Leon . In this moving talk, he challenges all parents to play an equal, active role in their children's daily lives, even in a world that often places the weight of sacrifice on mothers alone. Leon encourages nuanced conversations about parenting and re

Stop Wasting Money - This App Finds Every Promo Code Online

by Honeysponsored

If you aren't using this tool when you shop online, you're probably wasting money.

Get Lit With All of It: Kiley Reid

by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d

'Join Alison Stewart , host of WNYC’s All of It , for this installment in her monthly book club series with debut author Kiley Reid for a discussion of her book, SUCH A FUN AGE . The book dives headfirst into matters of race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. With empathy and piercing soc

Dave Chappelle: Back to School

by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d

' The day after winning The Kennedy Center's prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor , Dave Chappelle paid a visit to his old high school, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, in Washington, D.C., with a few of his friends. Check out behind the scenes footage of Dave Chappelle’s Mega Masterclass, with celebrity guest facilitators Bradley Cooper , Chris Tucker , Common , Erykah Badu , Thunde

Under the Influences: Thundercat Breaks Down His Favorite Bass Lines

by Mark Anthony Neal / 1d

'Songwriter and bass connoisseur Thundercat takes an in-depth look at some of his favorite bass lines of all time. From Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" to The Brothers Johnson 's "Strawberry Letter 23," Thundercat breaks down just what makes them so spectacular.' -- Pitchfork

MAR 30

Stefon Harris — Vibraphonist, Educator, Thinker — Teaches Empathy From The Bandstand

by Mark Anthony Neal / 4d

' Stefon Harris has been attracting the attention of jazz fans since he released his 1998 debut, but he's less interested in praise than helping his listeners empathize with the world around them.' -- Morning Edition

The Common Wind Symposium at Duke University Honoring Julius S. Scott

by Mark Anthony Neal / 4d

'On Saturday, February 29, 2020, a group of Duke History Ph.D. alumni returned to campus with Julius S. Scott (Ph.D.'86 History) to celebrate the influence and legacy of his teaching and writing on the field of Atlantic history. As a doctoral student in the History Department at Duke University in the 1980s, Scott wrote a dissertation called The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of R

Scenes of Genius: Quincy Jones’ Hollywood

by Mark Anthony Neal / 4d

by Mark Anthony Neal | @NewBlackMan | NewBlackMan (in Exile) Quincy Jones has been called many things, and perhaps it’s best to think of Jones as Black Culture’s institutional memory; fitting for a career that has spanned almost 70 years. While many are aware of Jones’ musical accomplishments, including his iconic work with Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and of course Michael Jackson, it is perhaps

MAR 29

Welcome to The Last Bookstore

by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

'Bookstores all over the United States are closing because of competition from online retailers like Amazon and the increasing popularity of eReaders. So when a bookstore with a cheeky name— The Last Bookstore —opened in Los Angeles, Chad Howitt was curious. He stopped by and did some research, and what he learned about the store and its owner compelled Howitt to make the documentary Welcome to t

"Olympic Pride, American Prejudice": Race & The Untold History Behind the 1936 Olympics

by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

' By winning 4 gold medals in the 1936 games in Berlin, Jessie Owens dashed Adolf Hitler 's claims of White Supremacy. But Owens wasn't alone in breaking ground at those games in Germany. Over a dozen other African American men, and 2 women, also represented America at the Games. Their lesser-known story is told in the documentary, and now the new book, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Unto

Dorothy Roberts: 'We need a radical transformation of the structures that support working families'

by Mark Anthony Neal / 5d

'University of Pennsylvania law professor Dorothy Roberts discusses how to address economic inequality during the coronavirus pandemic with MSNBC Contributor Eddie Glaude and MSNBC’s Ali Velshi .'

MAR 28

The Social Distancing Mixtape: Curated by Kwame Phillips/The Dreadstar Movement

by Mark Anthony Neal / 6d

A soundtrack for our moment courtesy Kwame Phillips/The Dreadstar Movement .

Ways & Means S5E3: How Afterschool Programs Can Empower Parents

by Mark Anthony Neal / 6d

'In this episode of Ways & Means research into how government-funded afterschool programs for poor families are empowering politically motivated parents. Duke/Sanford faculty Carolyn Barnes spent two years researching three different afterschool programs in Chicago. She argues that when afterschool programs are designed in a certain way they can actually help mobilize families to become more invo

MAR 26

Black America: The Power in Telling Your Story with Morgan Jerkins

by Mark Anthony Neal / 8d

'The lives and stories of women are told through their strength, resilience, beauty, character and so much more. Guest host, Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson talks with Morgan Jerkins , Author of New York Times bestseller This Will Be My Undoing and Senior Editor of Zora ; a medium Blackpublication for women of color on the power of storytelling. Morgan Jerkins shares her stories as a writer, the Zora

AfroTech — How to Scale Access & Outcomes in Media: Erica Alexander & Tracy Oliver

by Mark Anthony Neal / 8d

' Tori Sepand , Program Manager for Inclusive Customer Experience Team with Amazon sits down with Living Single actress, Erica Alexander and writer and showrunner, Tracy Oliver to discuss how can we can scale to create the greatest impact and how that can align our collective power to create opportunity for Black professionals in the entertainment industry.' -- Blavity

FRONTLINE: Amazon Empire — The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

by Mark Anthony Neal / 8d

' An inside look at how Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos built one of the largest and most influential economic forces in the world — and the cost of Amazon’s convenience.' -- FRONTLINE PBS

Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw: When They See Her — The Story of Michelle Cusseaux

by Mark Anthony Neal / 8d

'December 14th, 2019 marked the fifth anniversary of the Say Her Name campaign, a movement founded to raise awareness of the names and stories of Black women, girls and femmes killed by police, and to provide support to the families affected. The campaign has produced a groundbreaking report expanding the conversation on police violence so that it foregrounds the experiences of Black women and gi

Ebony G. Patterson . . . while the dew is still on the roses . . .

by Mark Anthony Neal / 8d

' is organized by Pérez Art Museum Miami . The exhibition is curated by Tobias Ostrander . At the Nasher Museum, this exhibition is supported by The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family Fund for Exhibitions; Fox Family Foundation; Katie Thorpe Kerr and Terrance I. R. Kerr; Lisa Lowenthal Pruzan and Jonathan Pruzan; Kelly Braddy Van Winkle and Lance Van Winkle; and Parker & Otis.'

Modern Masculinity: Six Packs, Success and Solitude — Men in the Media

by Mark Anthony Neal / 8d

'In this episode of Modern Masculinity , Guardian journalist Iman Amrani looks at how images of men in advertising and the media might be negatively impacting on how they see themselves. While campaigns targeted at women 

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50-State Comparison: Secondary Career and Technical Education

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

Career and technical education came up in nearly half of governors’ State of the State addresses this year. It is often one piece of a statewide workforce development strategy, particularly as policymakers look toward building the structures and pipelines for career-relevant education and training before college. This new resource captures policies pertaining to secondary CTE in all 50 states and

MAR 31

Over 200 Million People Shop Online – Few Know This Trick

by Honeysponsored

If you aren't using this tool when you shop online, you're probably wasting money.

Parents should limit screen media for preschoolers

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

New research from University of California, Davis, suggests that parents should delay introducing their children to any screen media, as well as limit preschool-age children's use of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. The research was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics this week. Over a two-and-a-half-year period, researchers assessed 56 childr

Writing about content reliably enhanced learning

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

This meta-analysis examined if students writing about content material in science, social studies, and mathematics facilitated learning ( k = 56 experiments). Studies in this review were true or quasi-experiments (with pretests), written in English, and conducted with students in Grades 1 to 12 in which the writing-to-learn activity was part of instruction. Studies were not included if the contro

Should intelligence tests be used in identifying giftedness

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Research in educational psychology consistently finds a relationship between intelligence and academic performance. However, in recent decades, educational fields, including gifted education, have resisted intelligence research, and there are some experts who argue that intelligence tests should not be used in identifying giftedness. Hoping to better understand this resistance to intelligence res

Child Safety Account (CSA) report lacks research to substantiate its policy recommendations

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

A recent Heartland Institute report argues for Child Safety Account (CSA) programs that would enable parents to access taxpayer dollars by asserting that their child feels unsafe in school. The CSA money could be used by the parents to transfer the child to another school, be it public, private, magnet, charter, or homeschool. Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos and Gabriella Garriga of Trinity University

MAR 30

Self-report surveys to track students’ social-emotional development

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

A growing number of school systems use self-report surveys to track students’ social-emotional development as a tool to inform policy and practice. This study uses the first large-scale panel survey of social-emotional learning (SEL) to simulate how four constructs—growth mindset, self-efficacy, self-management, and social awareness—develop from Grade 4 to Grade 12 and how these trends vary by ge

More on early colleges

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Early colleges are a new model of schooling in which the high school and college experiences are merged, shortening the total amount of time a student spends in school. This study uses a lottery-based experimental design to examine the impact of the model on longer term outcomes, including attainment of a postsecondary credential and academic performance in 4-year institutions. Results show that

College Applicants Respond to Changes in Sticker Prices Even When They Don't Matter

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d

Do students respond to sticker prices or actual prices when applying to college? These costs differ for students eligible for financial aid. Students who do not understand this may not apply to some colleges because of the perceived high cost. Researchers test for this form of “sticker shock” using College Board data on SAT scores sends, as a proxy for applications, to state flagship institutions

MAR 25

Arts education policies for all 50 states

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 10d

This summary includes arts education policies for all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. Complete results from this review are available in an online searchable database on the Arts Education Partnership website .

MAR 24

What Kids Are Reading: 2020 Edition

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 10d

Renaissance Learning's has released , the world's largest annual survey of K–12 student reading habits! For more than a decade, What Kids Are Reading has provided educators, families, and communities unparalleled insights into 

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