Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Most Black People Live in States With the Highest Student Debt
Research has shown that Black college graduates are moving to cities with a higher cost of living in order to find jobs to pay off their student loans. However, their debt is increasing as a result.
Read MoreHigh Stakes Testing: The Rising Opt-Out Wave
Standardized tests were intended to improve all students’ learning. However, they have been repeatedly proven to negatively impact Black students.
Read MoreWhat Year Is This? In Mississippi, The Fight For School Desegregation Continues
Even decades after the SCOTUS ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, 32 school districts in Mississippi are still under desegregation orders.
Read MoreBaseball Returns to the ‘Hallowed Grounds’ of a Negro Leagues Stadium
Hinchliffe Stadium was once home to multiple Negro baseball leagues. After $100M in renovations, it will now serve as a minor league ballpark and museum.
Read MoreHoward University picks African diaspora scholar as next president
Ben Vinson III, currently the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will take over as president on Sept. 1.
Read MoreStudents rally to keep director of university’s African American studies program
Students rally to keep director of university’s African American studies program because he is its sole faculty member.
Read MoreBlack history class to undergo changes, College Board says
The College Board says changes will be made to its AP African American studies course, after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics.
Read MoreWashington state Black students played key role in the Civil Rights Movement
Students at one college in the Pacific Northwest actively played an important but sometimes overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Read MoreHow 2020’s racial unrest led four friends to create a scholarship for Black students
Nziffa, with input from her three childhood best friends, created a scholarship for their alma mater in Camden, Caesar Rodney High School.
Read MoreProgressive Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor’s race
Brandon Johnson has won the Mayoral race in Chicago running on a platform of addressing racial and economic disparities.
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