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Internet Access All NYC Students Deserve: All Families Need Broadband Access for Remote Learning
New York Daily News- Opinion article by David C. Banks urging the city to step up and help the 18% of households in the city who lack internet at home, and 46% of the city’s households in poverty that lack broadband.
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What Young Black Men Need and Deserve
New York Daily News – Eagle Scholars Jayson Fox and Kareem Alkassar, speak truth to power in this piece.
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Rising Voices Library Highlights Stories Of Black And Latino Boys
Here & Now – With many summer camps and vacations canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, books can still give children a sense of adventure.
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These 45 Education Experts Will Advise NYC on Reopening Schools
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that education leaders, experts and advocates will sit on a council to help guide New York City in reopening school buildings in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Here’s Who is advising de Blasio on reopening NYC schools
Chalkbeat- A panel of education leaders and advocates was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to guide the city’s reopening plans. This panel included Eagle Founder & CEO David C. Banks.
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Tech Companies Must Pitch In During The Pandemic to Innovate Remote Learning Methods
The current COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to think deeper about how our school system functions.
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The Eagle Academy for Young Men is beating the odds when it comes to students of color
The Eagle Academy for young men is helping students defy the odds with a graduation rate of almost ninety percent compared to the national rate of just under sixty percent.
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How Library of Black Protagonists Will Help Kids of Color
NowThis News – The Rising Voices Library is full of books with protagonists of color to inspire Black & Latino kids and provides them with high-interest, culturally relevant texts that give context to what they’re experiencing in the world around them.
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2020 Education Power 100
City & State Magazine recognized 100 of New York’s dedicated educators, including Eagle CEO & President David C. Banks.
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A Unique Collection in the Bronx of Black, Latino Male Stories
Brooklyn – PIX11 Principal Cecelia Gutierrez shares with PIX11 News, how the Rising Voices Collection “ties in with the work that we’re doing to make sure all of our students have equitable access to books that are relatable — books that tell their story.”