education
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Los Angeles Teacher Forced to Flee Home After Wypipo Lost It Over Her 'I Can't Breathe' T-Shirt
Earlier this month, a Los Angeles charter school teacher did a simple thing to show solidarity with the movement against systemic racism in policing—she wore a T-shirt that reads “I can’t breathe.” The result? White people lost their damn minds. For the mere acknowledgment that Black lives do in fact matter, this educator said she…
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Committee Considers Removing Name of KKK Leader From Atlanta School
You know how I know America is inherently racist? There are multiple schools named after Confederate generals and KKK leaders, and it took the deaths of multiple Black people and months of protests for school boards to finally go, “You know, we might have a problem here.” According to AJC, Jason Esteves, the Atlanta school…
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Roc Nation Partners With New York's Long Island University to Launch School of Music, Sports and Entertainment
Prospective students at Brooklyn’s Long Island University (LIU) will have the chance to learn from some of the best in business, music, sports and more, thanks to the college’s new partnership with Roc Nation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Jay-Z-owned entertainment company is working with LIU for a new program: the Roc Nation School…
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GOP Sen. Tom Cotton Wants to Ban the 1619 Project From Being Taught in Schools
Y’all, I’m pretty sure Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is a white supremacist. For legal purposes, I’m not outright saying he is. All I’m suggesting is that the dude who wrote a whole op-ed calling for military intervention to stomp out protests against systemic racism, compared the protesters to Confederate traitors and argued that Washington, D.C,…
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Georgia History Teacher Suspended for Teaching History
Authorities in a rural Georgia school district are punishing a history instructor who seemingly dedicated all of his spare time to teaching students. The district banned the beloved educator from coaching after administrators charged the man with a heinous rule violation—the history teacher was teaching history. Jordan Huerta has been teaching history at Tattnall County…
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Juneteenth Is Finally Entering the Mainstream American Consciousness. Now Make It An Official Federal Holiday
Forget the 4th of July! Juneteenth is the day that should be celebrated by all as a pivotal point in America’s freedom story. One-hundred-and-fifty-five years ago this year, the last of the enslaved black population in Galveston, Texas received word that they were officially free. Despite the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which…
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Quavo Walked It Like He Talked It Across the Class of 2020 Virtual Stage and Is Now a High School Graduate
Quavo is officially a 2020 high school graduate, y’all. While he was busy “in the kitchen, wrist-twistin’ like a stir fry,” the Migos member was also completing an important goal: graduating high school. According to Vulture, the 29-year-old graduated from Berkmar High School in Linburn, Ga. Quavo hopped on Instagram on Thursday to share the…
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Exclusive: Joey Bada$$ Talks Partnership With NYC Fund for Public Schools to Benefit Homeless Youth
Rapper, actor and Pro Era collective co-founder Joey Bada$$ tells The Root that each year, he creates a list of goals he aims to accomplish for the next 365 days. The Brooklyn native explains that one of 2020’s biggest goals is to go full-throttle with his philanthropic endeavors. He announced Wednesday that he’s partnered with…
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‘It Feels Empowering’: Princeton University Names Its First Black Valedictorian
Well, it only took 274 years for it to happen, but Princeton University recently named its first African American valedictorian. In late April, it was announced that operations research and financial engineering major Nicholas Johnson will be Princeton’s Class of 2020 valedictorian. “My favorite memories of my time at Princeton are memories of time spent…