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Two Wake County Public School System magnet schools received the highest national distinctions awarded. Athens Drive Magnet High School in Raleigh won the Dr. Ronald P. Simpson Magnet School of Merit Award of Excellence, given each year to the top magnet school in the country. “I am so proud of our students, staff, families, and […]
For parents, having a child enrolled at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School has always been a matter of pride. “My two girls go here, it’s the best high school in Chicago,” parent Julie Chen told NBC Chicago as she dropped off one of her daughters at the River North campus. According to
Several Illinois schools earned top spots in a new ranking of the country’s best high schools for 2024. The list, from U.S. News and World Report, titled “2024 Best High School Rankings,” reviewed more than 24,000 public high schools in all 50 states, editors said. Editors then categorized schools based on several factors including college […]
HOUSTON — The smell of a flat iron and the sound of clippers, words of wisdom and belly-deep laughter — beauty salons and barber shops have long been a sacred space for Black women and men to commune about everyday life. For 109 years, one family has been investing in that space through the Franklin […]
By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington 23 February 2024 To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Darryl George gets choked up saying the last six months at school has been lonely A Texas judge has ruled that a school district did not discriminate against a black high […]
A second-grade classroom at Klatt Elementary School in Anchorage in 2021. (Emily Mesner/ADN archive) JUNEAU — The U.S. Department of Education this week designated Alaska as “a high-risk grantee” because it said the state failed to fairly distribute COVID-19 relief to school districts. The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act . . .
Story Highlights 76% believe current impacts of racism should be included in curricula 81% of Americans think historical impacts of racism should be taught 86% say Black Americans’ contributions to society should be taught WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid discussions across the U.S. about the inclusion of race and racism in K-12 […]
There are certain motifs in Jonathan Kozol’s half-century of writing about America’s failure to adequately educate poor Black and Hispanic children, which began with “Death at an Early Age,” a blistering account of his year teaching in the Boston Public Schools. Decrepit school buildings with rancid bathrooms and leaking ceilings. Students stultified by scripted curriculums […]
During the Reconstruction Era, African Americans in the former slave-holding states saw education as an important step towards achieving equality, independence, and prosperity. As a result, they found ways to learn despite the many obstacles that poverty and white people placed in their path. African Americans’ commitment to education had lasting effects on the former […]
Parents were raising eyebrows after they were asked by a Miami-Dade school to consent to having their children participate in a book reading by an African American author. The permission slip from Coral Way K-8 in Miami was intended to comply with the Parental Rights in Education Law, but parents and