Through the initiative, Techstars and JP Morgan aim to allocate over $80 million in funding to over 37 accelerators supporting diverse founders by 2025.
GRIFF prays about forgetting his passwords.
Hasan James is the editor of “Root Magazine,” and a former back-up singer for Hezekiah Walker, and an industry insider when it comes to gospel music. He explains what he has noticed about in difference between the gospel music scene today. He talks about when he realized that there were actually a lot of artists […]
In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell recalls a time when her phone had died and she was tasked with the challenge of remember some important phone numbers, rather than just clicking on them in her contact list. She explains that sometimes, modern day advancements can make us use our brains less. But our […]
With over 11.5 million Black millennials in the United States and $162 billion in generated revenue, the demographic is a game-changing influencer in the areas of tech and content.
There’s a big push to get more African-Americans into the tech world and the culmination is happening this weekend. The Black Data Processing Association will hold its annual Technology Conference and Job Fair August 10th through 13th in Atlanta, Georgia. The BDPA provides training for professionals and scholarships for students in an attempt to increase […]
A new study shows that educators with a pessimistic attitude toward education technology tend to teach at urban and low-income schools. This further widens the digital divide.
Girls outscored boys on the first national tech literacy exam. Less surprising to administrators was the racial and socioeconomic achievement gap.
In this video, Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal discusses effective ways to open the education space for 21st century learning. His vision includes using culture to reach today's students.
School officials there are encouraging parents to download a free math app that, as stated in at least one major study, improves math scores.
It always feels like we’re making strides as a community and culture, until a study comes out telling us, but wait, there’s more. Not that all the data should be taken at face value, but it’s important to be aware of the messages being put out there. Take, for example, this recent study that says […]
Nowadays, parents really have to stay on top of kids and their technology, because so much negative influence is lurking out in cyber-land! Click on the…
