As reported in several different articles flagged in LTSeek, some school papers refused to run the ads and others were challenged by student protests after running the ads. Tuition at Blackburn College is lower than at any other private 4-year liberal arts college in the state of Illinois. One reason it's so low is that students are required to work for the school. A young high school English teacher reports that his class came alive after he set aside the standard curriculum and had students read diaries of other students in similar situations. For homework, students were told to start keeping their own diaries.
Students report that the experience has turned their lives around.
Historically Black colleges in Mississippi are moving into a new day , with promises of more money coming out of a recent court settlement. As reported in a story flagged last month, the state recently settled a decades-old desegregation case. Thanks to LTSeek reader Brian Turner for the link to this story from Ontario detailing responses to government plans to make life tough for failing students . Ontario's premier announced that students who fail a standardized test will not be allowed to progress to the next grade. Critics point to U.S. studies suggesting that holding students back has more disadvantages than advantages for the students.