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A “Green” Approach to Education Reform

by Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, April 30, 2010

During recent celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, I could not help but think about the condition of the American education system as I listened to the alarming message from environmental experts about how “the world is in greater peril than ever” due to concerns about climate policy,

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Ugly Resistance Against the President Continues

by Dr. Elwood Watson, April 29, 2010

Read the following examples: On April 15 (income tax day), more than 10,000 members of the recently formed tea party group converged on the nation’s capital to voice their resentment and erratic anger at government and at President Obama in particular. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell initially announced that the

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Curtailing Free Speech Due to Safety Concerns: Ploy or Reality

by Dr. Ibram Rogers, April 27, 2010

I am a lover of ideas. Old interesting ideas applied to new conditions, new fascinating ideas applied to old or new dynamics — I love them all. Most ideas form ideologies, which are usually located in this day and age along the ideological line that extends

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The End of Something ...

by Dr. Murali Balaji, April 26, 2010

Well, my semester has finally ended, culminating the end of my first year at Lincoln. While I should write about how the 2009-10 academic year went, I figured I'd write about something else that happened on the same day my grades were due: my mother's passing. Part of the reason why I

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The Importance of K-12 Preparation

by Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa, April 22, 2010

I received a call this week from the NAACP leadership in Chesterville County, Va., regarding the disproportionately low numbers of minority students enrolled in advanced placement, honors, gifted and other forms of advanced high school coursework there. The man I spoke with has a daughter who entered college with STEM

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