The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights threatened this week to withhold millions in funding from the Cedar Rapids Community School District unless it severed partnerships and disbanded initiatives aimed at promoting equity for students and staff of color.
The Academy for Scholastic & Personal Success’ summer program provides high school students an education they can’t find in a public school classroom. It teaches students about Black history, literature, math, science and financial literacy. The 2025 summer session concludes Friday with a closing ceremony.
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success, which has empowered Black and biracial students in Cedar Rapids for more than 35 years, is preparing to transition to a new chapter with the retirement of its founder and executive director, Ruth White.
African American Awareness Program stepping stone in Cedar Rapids to The Academy for Personal and Scholastic Success
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success will host its 15th annual gala benefit on May 12 at the Olympic Southside Theater. The event will celebrate the legacy and influence of artists, authors, chefs, musicians, dancers and activists from the Harlem Renaissance.
When we make emotional decisions and act irrationally in an attempt to avoid financial loss, we can lose even more.
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success celebrates its largest graduating class
The district is officially registering community partners for the first time to better track how students are benefiting from these partnerships and what other resources might be needed.
Families, community invited to April 25 event at orchard
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