The man often referred to as the “Jackie Robinson of Journalism” for being the first African-American journalist at the Nashville Banner will have his legacy live on as his name adorns the district’s first museum magnet school, Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary.

Legend started a non-profit organization to help him focus his efforts to improve America’s public schools.

MEST (Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology) has a committed mission of creating jobs and wealth locally in Accra, Ghana by training individuals to be software entrepreneurs.

The education achievement gap between black and white boys can be blamed on many things, but the trouble starts at home.

Named after Robert Churchwell Jr., the school is Nashville’s first museum magnet school that serves students pre-K through fifth grade.

A new report from the U.S. Department of Education shows that blacks are not making significant progress in gaining faculty positions at U.S. colleges and universities.

Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent of students at for-profit institutions — many of which are online.

Migrant students face many barriers to success in class.

Graduation rate has also improved

The duo’s mobile-only creation is the HBCU Buddy. The app, free on iTunes, educates users about historically black colleges and universities. It has customizable social networking features and information about every HBCU.

For the fourth year in a row, Columbia has the highest percentage of black freshman students among the 30 highest-ranking universities in the nation. There are 202 black freshmen at Columbia this fall.

This fall 1,350 African Americans enrolled as first-year students at U.S. medical schools. This was a nearly 3 percent increase from a year ago.

The U.S. Department of Education confirmed Monday it’s investigating whether Toledo Public Schools distributes its resources in a fair way to black students for career development and college preparation.