Black Students In The U.S. Get Criminalized While White Students Get Treatment
The same misbehavior is treated in very different ways.
Washington University Made An Effort To Increase Diversity, And It’s Working
A school that has been widely criticized for having a homogenous student body is actively working to increase diversity.
Meet The 63rd Black Woman With A Physics Ph.D. In American History
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a 32-year-old theoretical astrophysicist. Her academic home is arguably the nation’s most elite physics department, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Michelle Obama Promotes Education Initiative For Young Girls Around The World
Hundreds of students greeted first lady Michelle Obama with applause, cheers and singing when she stopped by the Mulberry School for Girls in East London...
Board replaces founder of charter school
Shocking many parents and students, the St. Louis Language Immersion Schools Board of Directors announced Saturday, June 13 that they had replaced school president Rhonda...
Social justice art display pulled from high school lobby after complaints
Honors students at Oxon Hill High School were asked to create an art project depicting what social justice meant to them.
99-YEAR-OLD DOREETHA DANIELS GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS
Doreetha Daniels received her Associate of Arts diploma for Social Science at College of the Canyons
Baltimore Schools Will Give Free Meals To All Kids
Baltimore children attending public schools won’t have to go another day in class hungry thanks to a new state program.
Amazing Graduates Overcoming the Odds
With the help of a dropout-prevention program, these young people have knocked down obstacles to achieve an important milestone in their path to adulthood.
Study: Black Teachers are Just as Likely as White Teachers to Disproportionately Punish Black Students
Implicit bias makes teachers of all races more likely to punish black students than white students for the same misbehavior, according to a new Stanford...
Once Homeless, Chicago Teen Mom Is Now Valedictorian Who’s Been Awarded Over $600,000 in Scholarships
Trameka Pope said she worked hard in school because she refused to become a statistic.
61 Years After Brown v. Board Of Education, Many Schools Remain Separate And Unequal
Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling declared segregated schooling of black students unconstitutional, many American schools with high minority...
The Educational Guidebook
We, as African Americans, constantly preach the importance of education and its benefits, but we don’t demand academic excellence from our children or ourselves. While...
The Educational Guidebook for Revitalizing St. Louis
The Catalyst for Revitalization and Empowerment We, as African Americans, constantly preach the importance of education and its benefits, but we don’t demand academic excellence...