We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd annual COSEBOC School Awards:
Best Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Devonshire Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina
Merrillville High School in Merrillville, Indiana
Salk Elementary School...
by Ron Walker, COSEBOC Executive Director
March 7, 2013
During a recent site visit to our Mississippi Leadership Academy, I had the good fortune of meeting 5 year Kaiden Johnson in Biloxi, Mississippi. He is a student at the Early Learning Center directed by Mrs. Eula Crowell, a dedicated champion for poor and underserved families and their children. On a financial shoestring, Mrs. Crowell and her able staff produce young scholars between the ages of 4 and 5 who leave her center ready, willing and able to read. In fact she...
BY DAVID BANKS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013, 4:01 AM
In September, the Eagle Academy Foundation will open a new school in Harlem: a school for boys only, from grades 6 through 12.
We expect, along the way, to encounter charges of gender bias — and, perhaps, litigation — from the American Civil Liberties Union, which has already launched or threatened lawsuits against a dozen school districts, claiming that single-gender public schools violate equal-protection laws.
In La Crosse, Wis., just this year, the threat of litigation by the ACLU...
Tune in to NCEBCTalkRadio to hear COSEBOC Executive Director Mr. Ron Walker answer these questions. He will interviewed by NCEBCTalkRadio hosts, Drs. Eric J. Cooper, President & Founder of the National Urban Alliance (NUA) for Effective Education and Nicole McZeal Walters, NUA Director, and Professor, University of St. Thomas.
Click below to listen live on: Monday, February 11, 2013, 10am
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ncebctalkradio/2013/02/11/dr-ron-...
October 3, 2012
Ron Walker attended, by invitation, the Open Society Black Male Achievement Convening -- What Winning Looks Like: Investing in What Works
Excitement opened the Open Society Black Male Achievement convening. The room was filled with leaders of organizations from across the nation that are positively impacting the efforts to save the lives of black men and boys. Speakers included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Susan Taylor, Magic Johnson and others. Afternoon speakers included many COSEBOC colleagues - Urban Prep Founder/CEO and COSEBOC...
August 28, 2012
Mississippi Leadership Academy Director Sean Vann presented at the Mississippi Department of Education conference on dropout prevention. See presentations
August 27, 2012
Executive Director Ron Walker made a presentation on Successful Learning Communities at the National Summit on Educational Excellence and Opportunity for African American Males, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council on Great City Schools.
