Posts Tagged ‘education’
Business Opportunities in Education
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:47 Written by mcorbett Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:00
Venture capitalist Union Square Ventures managing partners Brad Burnham, Albert Wenger and Fred Wilson talks about the business opportunities in education.
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Hip Hop in the Classroom
Last Updated on Monday, 21 June 2010 04:44 Written by mcorbett Monday, 21 June 2010 08:00
Eighth-grade math teacher LaMar Queen uses Hip Hop to teach math to his students.
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A True Hip Hop Scholar
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 April 2010 09:31 Written by mcorbett Thursday, 22 April 2010 12:00
Special education inclusion teacher Pamela Mitchell instituted her Hip Hop Scholars (HHS) program in 2004 as a means of improving students’ testing, listening and study skills.
Teaching students how to research, study and create their own media led Mitchell to pen her “Media in Me” program in 2003.
Wayne, Attorney at Law
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 January 2010 03:40 Written by mcorbett Sunday, 10 January 2010 05:52
Lil’ Wayne tells us that if rap hadn’t worked out for him, he would have studied law. And believe it or not, it seems like this is more than just talk.
Tags: education, law school, lil wayne, mo'nique, weezy | Posted under News | 12 Comments