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Charter School Movement Grows As Obama Voices Plans To Expand System
July 22, 2020
The case teenaged girl arrested over homework has reignited a national conversation about how Black children are treated and punished…
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June 29, 2020
OPINION: If we acknowledge the truth about racism in America, we must also acknowledge its impact on our children and…
May 9, 2020
The Museum of Fine Arts announced earlier this week it is collaborating with Massachusetts on a $500,000 fund for diversity.
April 26, 2020
Black University of South Carolina students were holding a virtual cookout over Zoom when they were met by an unwelcomed…
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February 18, 2020
Black students face the harshest discipline in schools across America. They are also less likely to be accepted into gifted…
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November 16, 2019
Black college students in cities such as Brooklyn and Chicago are drowning in student loan debt at higher numbers than…
Police
May 8, 2019
A Richmond police officer has "rescinded" his promise to deliver a public apology after he cursed a group of Black…
April 13, 2019
Royston Maxwell Lyttle, principal of Eagle Academy in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., said it's the little things…
January 28, 2019
Advocates in New York who believe that Black students are calling for the passage of legislation to overhaul school disciplinary…
December 11, 2018
Black and Hispanic students from the Bronx banded together to rally for more sports at their school and met with…
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August 4, 2018
Smith College was hit by a wave of criticism following multiple reports that an employee called the police on a black student
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August 2, 2018
Smith College student Oumou Kanoute says a university employee called the police on her for the "crime" of eating her lunch…
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June 3, 2018
John Camfield pleaded no contest to DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 35 years in a Florida…
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March 29, 2018
Black students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gathered in Parkland, Fla. on Wednesday to remind everyone that they are…
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March 14, 2018
On #NationalSchoolWalkout day, this New York City educator reminds everyone that for many Black and Brown students, fear of gun…
November 9, 2017
When I was a middle school teacher, I found myself praying for the protection and wellness of my students on
April 13, 2017
The graduation rate for California has reached a record high of 83 percent with significant improvements made in rates for…
October 20, 2016
Parents at a Seattle high school are upset after the school staff asked only black students to sign a “Keepin’…
April 25, 2016
"The Talk" host Aisha Tyler says black teens should "be brave" when navigating the college selection process...
November 20, 2015
DETROIT (AP) — Protests by University of Missouri black students that forced the administration to address racism ...