If students can just muster the confidence to take that first step onto the San Bernardino Valley College campus, they may find it’s a life changer. Jenna Jacot was more than a little intimidated when first coming as an intern into the Generation Go! program, but she soon realized the collegiate setting was nothing to ...

By Julianne Malveaux Sixty-five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled, in the Brown v. Board of Education case, that the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) doctrine of “separate but equal” was unconstitutional. That ruling ended legal segregation in public facilities, but it did not necessarily accomplish its goals in terms of school desegregation. Indeed, Richard Rothstein, ...

Students at San Bernardino Valley College and Crafton Hills College will soon have access to real-time lessons in radio, broadcast television, imbedded news, advertising,  and many more production platforms across the digital media world. Before now, similar quality media courses have been limited to high priced options, or an hour’s drive away. John Longville, president ...

By Dianne Anderson In the 26 years that Scott Smith has taught physical education, he’s heard all the stories and excuses to get out of class – over and over again. Some kids don’t want to run a mile, shoot or run the ball, or be out in the middle of the soccer field on ...

A Shining Night of Student Entertainment by Lea Michelle Cash       While our nation remains transfixed on Washington’s Mueller Report, the Rialto Unified School District (RUSD) and its administration focused on honoring amazing students and their contributions to the performing arts. Why? Community service never feels like an obligation or chore when it comes to ...

By Dianne Anderson Getting everyone in the room to agree on anything lately is a task of magnanimous proportions. It’s all the more reason to take note of a recent Fontana Unified School Board decision to approve ethnic studies in the district’s high school curriculum. The two classes that came up for preliminary draft approval ...

by Lilibeth Garcia, UCI UCI program serves as a support network for students without one For students new to UCI, the enormity of the campus, the vast variety of resources and the quick pacing of the quarter system can be intimidating. They often rely on a network of friends and family members for help adapting ...

By Charlene Crowell Every budget defines priorities and values. To put it another way, what’s really important in life gets supported financially. For many families, having a home, food, and utilities usually rank pretty high. Then there are other budgetary concerns like saving for college or having a ‘rainy day’ fund to cover less frequent ...

By Dianne Anderson Just about everyone has heard of the school pipeline to prison, but Dr. Annika Anderson knows the biggest challenge is in reversing that process. Years ago, she wondered what happens when the formerly incarcerated stopped committing crimes, and when they set out to reintegrate back to society. She wanted to know how ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. was among several prominent African Americans who said they view the recent $25 million college admissions scam as “affirmative action for the rich” and yet another example of white privilege. “This is a question of ...