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May 2, 2022
Burton, the former host of "Reading Rainbow," has won many accolades throughout a luminous career that spans four decades.
April 29, 2022
The enrollment of students of color in Pennsylvania’s public school system is rising faster than the diversity of the state’s…
April 27, 2022
Spelman College has chosen Helene Gayle, an epidemiologist who spent decades fighting AIDS and HIV, as its president.
April 26, 2022
A Virginia school administrator is suing the district after she was forced out of her job for what she says…
April 25, 2022
A lawsuit has been filed with the California Department of Justice this week by the American Civil Liberties Union of…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, critical race theory
April 23, 2022
The Florida Department of Education has explained its decision to reject more than 40% of the math textbooks it reviewed…
Tracey Meares, wearing an off-white pantsuit, at right, poses with friends
April 22, 2022
Tracey Meares is finally being honored as the valedictorian of her Illinois high school almost 40 years after attaining that…
April 21, 2022
AT&T has contributed $500,000 to PCs for People in Baltimore to provide free access to digital tools for low-income students.
April 16, 2022
In the eight-minute video, students at Druid Hills High School use iPhones to document the classrooms that are crumbling around…
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April 12, 2022
Destiny Brannon went viral in 2018 after her valedictorian title was stripped by a Texas high school due to an…
April 12, 2022
American schools plan to make up for time lost during the pandemic by spending billions on tutoring, summer camps and…
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April 9, 2022
Black students at one Nevada school district are being expelled and disciplined at far higher rates than white students, according…
April 7, 2022
A Virginia 10th-grader is being sued by his former history teacher for allegedly harassing the longtime educator with acts of…
April 6, 2022
Valerie Sheares Ashby is set to make history as the next president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). 
March 28, 2022
Merrill Pittman Cooper grew up in segregated America in the 1930s, so his family was too poor to pay for…
March 25, 2022
As Black girls are seen to advance for their age, a study from Georgetown Law said it could lead to…
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March 22, 2022
Why is President Biden unclear about using his executive authority to deliver on his promise to cancel at least $10,000…
March 19, 2022
Before the pandemic, a San Antonio district’s after-school program had 1,000 staff members serving more than 7,000 students.
March 19, 2022
As students return to classrooms across the nation, many parents are finding crucial after-school programs in short supply.
March 18, 2022
The United Negro College Fund is working with Deloitte Digital to launch HBCUv, an online learning platform targeting HBCUs.