Education

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, critical race theory
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a list from all universities that names teachers and programs linked to diversity and critical…
/ January 5, 2023
The president of Johnson C. Smith University will retire this summer from the historically Black university in North Carolina.
/ January 4, 2023
University of Idaho murders
Rebecca Scofield filed a suit against Ashley Guillard, who claimed the professor ordered the students' Nov. 13 slayings.
/ December 27, 2022
A prominent California medical school has apologized for conducting unethical experimental medical treatments on 2,600 incarcerated men in the 1960s…
/ December 24, 2022
Charles Harris, the first Black athletic director at the University of Pennsylvania from 1979-85, passed away earlier this month at…
/ December 23, 2022
Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime…
/ December 23, 2022
The former Confederate capital has secured an $11 million grant to build an interpretive center honoring the memory of enslaved…
/ December 21, 2022
New Roads School in Santa Monica
A white coworker allegedly told Tiffany Wright to "go back to Africa," but an administrator claimed he didn't mean it.
/ December 20, 2022
Oberlin College and local bakery end yearlong legal fight after a Black male student was suspected of having stolen a…
/ December 17, 2022
Scrutiny from conservatives around teaching about race, gender and sexuality has made many teachers reluctant to discuss issues that touch…
/ December 14, 2022
Black Lives Matter Flag, theGrio.com
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, whose net assets are nearly $42 million, has launched a $500,000 college-debt relief…
/ December 12, 2022
Hip-hop superstar Missy Elliott was awarded an honorary doctorate from Norfolk State University on Saturday.
/ December 12, 2022