Gifted black students who underperform in school may do so because of peer pressure to “act black,” according to new research published this month in the journal Urban Educator.

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“I believe that transitions are best made during times of real advance rather than times of crisis or neutrality, and so I believe that this is an ideal time to begin the transition process.”
Gonzaga University’s 25th President Rev. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., announced Monday he will work with the school’s Board of Trustees to […]

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…And Bill Nelson dubs the looming situation, you guessed it, A TRAIN WRECK
CLINTON campaign “Today’s announcement brings us no closer to counting the votes of the nearly 1.7 million people who voted in January. We hope the Obama campaign shares our belief that Florida’s voters must be counted and cannot be disenfranchised.”
OBAMA campaign […]

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Here’s what happened over the weekend while you wondered why your Emperor’s Club “order” was a no-show:
Jason Taylor appears on satellite radio, says he’s staying in Miami, walks off doing jazz hands.
Taylor told Sirius Satellite radio hosts Vic Carucci and Dan Leberfeld that Miami is where he wants to be. This has really become the […]

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The most notorious rap shooting of the 1990s has come home – as most other crime does – to South Florida.
The Los Angeles Times reported this morning that Jimmy Sabatino, whowas profiled by New Times in 1999, has been implicated in the 1994 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
According to the Times story by staff […]

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