Posted on 25 February 2013. Tags: African-American, AskDrO.com, board of education, children, Dekalb County, dekalb county school system, education, law, Parenting
The Dekalb county school system is not at it’s best right now and from the actions taken by Governor Nathan Deal, they’ve been off their game for a while. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Deal, “signed an executive order to suspend six of nine DeKalb County School Board members” due to the district being on [...]
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Posted on 01 November 2012. Tags: African-American, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, blog, bribe, chicago, children, D.owens, Dr. O, education, Family, mayor rahm emanuel, Parenting, School, support
Our education system is a hot topic right now, with this being an Presidential election year. Most of us will agree that education is the backbone to our children having a successful future. So needless to say, it is crucially important. However, in-spite of this importance, teachers are still being fired, funding for programs is [...]
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Posted on 10 May 2012. Tags: age 15, Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles, blue ivy, books, clelebrity, education, GED, High School Dipoma, hip-hop, Jay-Z, motherhood, music, New York City, nyc, Parenting, press, School, schooling, singer, song writer, teaching, teenager
It’s never too late to get your education folks. World-renowned singer Beyonce has finally decided to put a degree behind her name. Flats ain’t the only thing that Beyonce has adopted since the birth of the world’s most famous newborn, Blue Ivy Carter. A member of Destiny’s Child during her teen years the busy celebrity had no time [...]
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Posted in Celebrities, Discussion, Education, Enough Said!, Family, Parenting, Relationships, School, Top Featured, Uncategorized, Videos, What's Hot
Posted on 05 March 2012. Tags: death, depression men women, education, facts suicide life, national association of suicidology, national suicide prevention week, Suicide, suicide attempts, therapy, world suicide prevention day
I completed a survey of readers on March 5, 2012 and asked them to rank-order ten topics that I had selected to post about in the next few weeks. Surprisingly I was asked to write again on the “warning signs of depression.” (I just did a post February 27, 2012) I know for a fact [...]
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Posted in Education, Family, Female Depression, Male Depression, Mental Health, Newsworthy, Relationships, Suicide, Top Featured, Uncategorized, What's Hot
Posted on 09 February 2012. Tags: black history month, blackface, brigham young university, education, ignorance, race relations, Racism, students, video
We can never celebrate Black History Month in peace. There’s always something popping up to take away from our 28 (29 this year) days of shine. A student decided to showcase the lack of black culture at Brigham Young University and was given more than he asked for. The white male student dressed up in [...]
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Posted on 08 February 2012. Tags: a phi a, alphas, bglos, black greek letter organizations, education, hazing, hazing black greeks, robert champion, suspension, University of Florida
University of Florida Suspends Alpha Chapter Over Hazing Allegations Another day, another school caught up in a hazing scandal. This time it’s the University of Florida who recently suspended their Alpha Phi Alpha chapter members for an alleged hazing incident. After the media coverage surrounding Robert Champion’s death, who died after an alleged band hazing [...]
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