As advocates and policymakers focus on changing the narrative for African American boys, their female counterparts become less of a priority. 2015/5/11-In a classroom at the University of Pennsylvania, more than a dozen black girls and women gather on a …..
2015/05/14 – WAYNESBORO, Miss. – Federal government oversight of the Wayne County, Mississippi, school system has ended. The Department of Justice says in a news release that a federal judge signed an order Tuesday dismissing the longstanding school desegregation case. The …..
2015/05/13 – Over the weekend, Nancy Gordeuk, the founder and director of TNT Academy, a small private school in the Atlanta area, made racially offensive remarks at the school’s graduation ceremony. After some confusion in the program, many in attendance thought the …..
The recession came and went, but the cuts to higher education stayed. 2015/5/13-Spending per student remains below—in some cases well below—pre-recession levels in 47 states, reflecting years of cuts to public colleges and universities that have yet to be undone, the Center on …..
2015/05/13 – Coahoma County, Miss.— A few months back, DeAngelo Bryant, a 19-year-old senior at Coahoma Agricultural High School, was in danger of not graduating. He had failed the state subject-area test in U.S. History, which is required for graduation. And …..
