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What GAO Found Among girls, Black girls faced more and harsher forms of discipline than other girls and had the highest rates of exclusionary discipline, such as suspensions and expulsions. According to GAO’s analysis of the most recent Department of Education data before the pandemic, in school year 2017–18, Black girls comprised 15 percent of […]
By Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter Published: 14:30 EDT, 16 October 2024 | Updated: 14:37 EDT, 16 October 2024 <!– <!– <!– <!– <!– <!– <!– A radical activist who believes black students should only be taught by same-race teachers has received $20million from billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. Sharif El-Mekki has […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The federal government wants changes in how JCPS handles discipline. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, found that district personnel disciplined Black students more often and more severely than white students. “That’s heartbreaking,” Catherine Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for OCR, said. “And the students take a message […]
What the Country’s First Mandatory Black History Course Can Teach Us Today (Opinion) Education Week Source link
Upcoming event: UNCF Summit on Black Higher Education BlackEngineer.com Source link
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published June 29, 2020 in the wake of the protests following the death of George Floyd and has been republished for Black History Month. The history of African Americans begins on the African continent where diverse empires thrived for thousands of years and traded gold, ivory and salt with […]
Footnotes [1] “Introduction,” in Ruth Baston in The Black Educational Movement in Boston: A Sequence of Historical Events: A Chronology, (Northeastern University School of Education, 2001), 1. [2] Ruth Batson, The Black Educational Movement in Boston: A Sequence of Historical Events: A Chronology, (Northeastern University School of Education, 2001), 46. [3] Ruth Batson, “Thomas Atkins, […]
Los Angeles has joined a growing list of United States school districts, states and cities restricting the use of smartphones in public schools amid a debate over the effects of social media and technology on children and young people. Last month, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board, which is responsible for about 1,000 schools, […]
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people of color. This effort encompasses medical schools. Despite clear and persistent […]
Hundreds of students from Nantucket crossed the stage Friday, wearing caps and gowns to celebrate their graduation. But, before Nantucket High School seniors received their diplomas, one student, who the town deprived of an education, finally got her own. Eunice Ross, an African American teenager who was integral in Massachusetts’ school integration movement in the […]