NewsEducationNewsEducationU.S. Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Harvard’s Affirmative Action PolicyA U.S. appeals court has rejected a case challenging Harvard’s affirmative action policy. ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 12, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationMorris Brown College Moves Closer to Regaining Its Accreditation After Nearly 20 YearsI’m an Atlanta-area resident who remembers how huge and devastating the 2002 demise of Morris Brown College’s…ByZack LinlyPublishedNovember 11, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationExonerated Five's Kevin Richardson Reflects On Receiving Honorary Degree from Syracuse University, Using It As an Opportunity to Inspire OthersIn 2019, many of us learned the story of Kevin Richardson, who was one of five teenagers wrongly convicted for the…ByJay ConnorPublishedOctober 30, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationCiara and Russell Wilson Launch Why Not You Academy, ‘First of Many’ Public Charter SchoolsCiara and Russell Wilson are the latest celebrities to fund a charter school, a move they say extends the couple’s…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 29, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationRight-Wing Videos With Titles Like ‘The Ferguson Lie’ Taught at Ohio High SchoolA public high school in Ohio has been giving students extra credit for watching videos from PragerU, an organization…ByJoe JuradoPublishedOctober 20, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationTexas State University Stops Diversity Training Programs After Trump Threatens to Cut Federal FundingNothing says “I’m not racist,” like signing an executive order that threatens to cut federal funding for…ByJoe JuradoPublishedOctober 16, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationAfter Black Child Was Suspended for Having BB Gun at Home, Louisiana Lawmakers Move to Help Him AppealState lawmakers in Louisiana have moved to make it easier for students to appeal expulsions after a Black child was…ByJoe JuradoPublishedOctober 9, 2020
NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUsPeyton Manning Honors Prestigious Alums With Scholarship Endowments at 6 HBCUsSometimes it’s hard to keep secrets when your actions speak for themselves. ByJay ConnorPublishedSeptember 15, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationDiddy and Education Mogul Dr. Steve Perry Opening Charter School in the BronxDiddy and educational speaker Dr. Steve Perry announced on Thursday that they are opening their latest charter…ByJ'na JeffersonPublishedSeptember 3, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationA Black Professor Asked by Police to Prove She Belonged on Campus Talks About the ‘Surreal’ Experience of Racism in Higher Ed SpacesDanielle Fuentes Morgan had been looking forward to the reunion with her brother for months. ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 25, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationRoc Nation Partners With New York's Long Island University to Launch School of Music, Sports and EntertainmentProspective students at Brooklyn’s Long Island University (LIU) will have the chance to learn from some of the best…ByJ'na JeffersonPublishedAugust 5, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationIllinois Lawmaker and Community Leaders Are Working to Suspend Current History Curriculum That 'Leads to White Privilege and a Racist Society'A group of community leaders in Illinois are working with a state lawmaker to abolish the current history curriculum…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 4, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationStudy Links Lynching Rates to Corporal Punishment in Southern States: ‘There’s a Historical Trajectory’Depending on where you live, corporal punishment—the practice of school administrators, staffers, or teachers…ByAnne BraniginPublishedJuly 21, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationHBCUs in Atlanta to Go Virtual for Fall SemesterInexplicably, there’s an ongoing argument happening across the country about sending kids back to school even as…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 20, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationMarsai Martin Partners With Urban School Food Alliance and Student Voice to Support Free School Meals for All K-12 StudentsMarsai Martin believes all students should have access to free lunch. I do, too. ByTonja Renée StidhumPublishedJuly 9, 2020
NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUsFive-Star Recruit Makur Maker Commits to Howard, 'Makes the HBCU Movement Real'Real estate is cool, but if you want to make some real paper, you might want to look into college sports—provided…ByJay ConnorPublishedJuly 6, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationGeorgia History Teacher Suspended for Teaching HistoryAuthorities in a rural Georgia school district are punishing a history instructor who seemingly dedicated all of his…ByMichael HarriotPublishedJune 30, 2020
NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUsNetflix CEO Donating $120 Million to HBCUs and the United Negro College FundNetflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin will donate an allotted total of $120 million to HBCUs and…ByJ'na JeffersonPublishedJune 17, 2020
NewsEducationNewsEducationThe Obamas, Beyoncé and More Deliver Heartfelt Speeches For YouTube's Virtual Commencement CeremonyYouTube’s live-streamed commencement ceremony to celebrate the members of the graduating class of 2020 nationwide…ByJ'na JeffersonPublishedJune 8, 2020
NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUsPrivate Equity Investor Frank Baker Pays Off Tuition Debt for 2020 Spelman College GraduatesFrank Baker, an African-American investor who heads the billion-dollar private equity firm Siris, has paid off the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMay 25, 2020