Education

Two schools of thought have clashed on how to teach children to read, with passionate backers on each side of…
/ April 23, 2023
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she replaced her director of early childhood education, Barbara Cooper, over a teacher training book.
/ April 23, 2023
Students applying to 23 of Georgia’s 26 public universities and colleges next year won’t need to take the SAT or…
/ April 23, 2023
An African-American woman is making history as the newly appointed editor-in-chief of the University of Alabama's student newspaper.
/ April 21, 2023
Book ban United States
EveryLibrary is keeping tabs on 113 potential laws it says will negatively impact libraries or restrict people's access to certain…
/ April 21, 2023
Quincy "Q" Shannon is a "Face of Change." The original series from Pattrn profiles Ski Noir 5280's founder in its…
/ April 19, 2023
Students flocked out of a Portland, Oregon middle school by the hundreds in support of two Black faculty members.
/ April 15, 2023
The California Legislature is weighing a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to set aside $300 million for low-income schools, but…
/ April 13, 2023
Fisk Jubilee Singers Unveil "HERITAGE
Wilberforce University has named Vann Newkirk as the new president of the country's oldest private historically Black college.
/ April 12, 2023
Connecticut boy collapsed playground
The parents of Romeo Pierre Louis, who collapsed on the playground of his school and died days later, have filed…
/ April 10, 2023
Texas teacher slavery lesson
A history teacher in northwest Houston has been placed on leave after she allegedly used a Black student to illustrate…
/ April 7, 2023
Hair discrimination New York
Cindy Covington's Black daughter's white teacher reportedly called the teen's hair "ethnic" and her own hair "American" and "normal."
/ April 7, 2023