Battle over 'resegregation' not over in NC
OPINION - As a nation, we should remember that racial discrimination, in the form of separate and unequal education, is illegal...
Racial tensions roil NC school board; 19 arrests
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - Protesters and police scuffled over claims that a new busing system would resegregate schools...
'Resegregation' fears fuel unrest in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Integration came relatively peacefully to the North Carolina capital. There was no "stand in the schoolhouse door," no need of National Guard escorts...
Putting America back to work is NAACP's first priority
OPINION - Our nation's children -- from the Gulf Coast to the Iron City -- deserve for all of us to fight for a better tomorrow like their very lives depend on it...
Five of the biggest charter school myths debunked
OPINION - With the growth of the charter school movement since the 1990s to offer choice and accountability in public education, there are critics of charter schools...
Money for grades fails to motivate students in Harvard study
OPINION - The overall failure of incentives to produce significant academic impact confirms that achievement is not solely informed by how much cash you have...
'School of the Future' bridges gap to graduation
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Microsoft-designed "High School of the Future" graduated its first senior class Tuesday, overcoming challenges both institutional and individual...
Texas school board under fire for slavery revisions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Critics, including the president of the NAACP, a former U.S. education secretary and the committee that wrote the draft guidelines being edited by the board...
Three ways to preserve Brown v. Board's promise
OPINION - The decades since Brown have given rise to a toxic mix of increased racial isolation in schools that are more segregated than they were 40 years ago...
Arizona's ethnic studies ban whitewashes history
OPINION - By removing ethnic studies, Arizona spits in the face of the civil rights legacy, and tells people of color they don't count...
