You can never accuse Jalen Rose of being boring.  After 13 years in the NBA, Rose segued almost effortlessly into his second career as an…

HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa (AP) — Johnson Mncube remembers the first day at Oprah Winfrey’s boarding school for underprivileged South African girls, when 11- and 12-year-olds…

Earlier this week Forbes contributor, and also (White American) Gene Marks did the unthinkable, and suddenly became a poor black kid. After reading his article…

Rappers Maino and Jim Jones, along with TV host and actor Terrence J were among the various celebrities in attendance at the third annual “I…

I recently read a New York Times article that explained the interesting concept of “perceptual learning,” which involves training the mind to memorize patterns rather than just learning concepts straight off. This method is being investigated by a small group of scientists who have evidence that proficiency improves when students in schools are groomed to […]

Nicki Minaj visited The Collins Academy High School as ‘principal for the day’ for the “Get Schooled Foundation.” The young hot star answered questions from the freshman and senior classes stressing the importance of education especially if you want to be in the music business. “I am a young, female mogul before I am an […]

Sha Money XL, Island Def Jam’s Senior VP of A&R, took some time out of this day to impart wisdom on some aspiring musicians from Jay-Z’s old middle school in Brooklyn. The students from IS 318 ages 11 to 15 met the executive at the SAE Institute, a world-renowned audio engineering school. The founder of […]

The memory of DeShaun “Proof” Holton of D12 will be honored in Detroit with a scholarship for high school seniors who come from low-income, single-parent households. The scholarship is being offered by the Proof Foundation, which was launched by Proof’s mother, Sharallene “Pepper” Holton-White, in 2007.

The literacy rate in America is officially 99%. But before we sit back, open the champagne and pat ourselves on the back, consider this… America has a functional illiteracy rate of 22%. This means that over 44 million American adults cannot do anything more complex than make out certain letters, or spell their name. They […]

Kelly Williams-Bolar, an Ohio mother of two, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on three years probation after sending her kids to a school district in which they did not live.  The mother was sentenced on Tuesday and will begin serving her sentence immediately. Where is Oprah when you need her? After […]

One of the nation's top accrediting agencies has placed Atlanta Public Schools on probation, giving its fractious school board nine months to shape up or force the ultimate penalty on thousands of students: loss of accreditation.

We caught up with Waka Flocka Flame on at the BET Hip Hop Awards at the Atlanta Civic Center, where he was very excited about the release of his debut album, "Flockaveli." He also talked about the Eddie Long spoof of "No Hands" by the Durtty Boyz' and addressed his appearance on BET's 106 and Park, where he didn't come off as the brightest bulb in the room.