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Young Girl’s Assumed Pregnancy Turned Out to be 20 Pound Tumor

Posted on 18 December 2012. Tags: African-American, ask Dr. O, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, bullying, depression, FL, Jacksonville, law, pregnancy, public school, School, tumor

How would you feel if your child’s school called you in to discuss pregnancy rumors about your 11 year old daughter? Shock would be understandable, then possible denial because you know it couldn’t possibly be your pre-teen daughter who’s having sex. It happens everyday but in this case it wasn’t so black and white. An [...]

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Rev. Bernice King Blasts Teacher’s Involved In Atlanta Testing Scandal

Posted on 23 July 2011. Tags: aps, atlanta teaching scandal, bernice king, bernice king atlanta public schools, children, education, Parenting, public school, school system, testing scandal

Teachers, “Held To A Higher Standard.” The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., Bernice King, is the latest to share her outrage publicly – against the more than 100 Atlanta Public School teachers involved in the cheating scandal. King laments that their need to be some type of consequences for the teachers involved. “You have to [...]

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Why Can’t Shaniqua and Ray-Ray Read? AskDrO

Posted on 28 November 2010. Tags: 504 plan, abuse, academics, ADHD, administrators, admittance, African-American, anger, anxiety, askdro, AskDrO.com, atlanta, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, behaviot, black, blog, boy, change, charter school, children, college, conference, D.owens, depression, diplomas, disability, disorder, Dr. O, education, excellence, failure, fathers, fault, female, Georgia, girl, graduation, IEP, institution, jail, kids, learning, literacy, male, math, meeting, men, mothers, out of control, owens, parent-teacher association, parents, percentage, phenomena, phonics, PTA, public school, pupil, Ray-Ray, reading, relationship, relationships, School, school board, Shaniqua, statistics, student, success, superintendent, system, teacher, warning, women, youth

Recent statistics show that only 50% of African-American students graduate in four years. I remember channel surfacing on day and stopped on BET’s popular music show 106 and Park. Their guest for the day was Will and Jada Pinkett’s nine year old daughter at the time, Willow Smith. 106 gave her a plaque to celebrate [...]

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