Nailla Robinson, a 5-year-old Philadelphia girl who was abducted from her elementary school has been found alive. But the ease with which she was abducted from her school raises serious concerns about school policy regarding pick-up and drop-off of students. What should be done?
An Alabama teenager has been accused of plotting an attack on his high school, specifically targeting African American classmates. His plan reportedly involved firearms and the use of homemade explosives.
According to a recent study, black students whose families instill in them a sense of racial pride do better in school. The instilling of racial pride is an integral part of the learning process!
SF teen Courtni Webb was suspended from school over a poem she wrote about the Sandy Hook shooting. In the poem, she expresses what her teacher interpreted as sympathy for shooter Adam Lanza. Should a student ever be suspended over a poem? Shouldn’t they have talked with her first?
At just 18 years-old, Polite Stewart has already earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Southern University. Congrats to this talented young man! He’s just getting started!
A 15 year-old Chicago student was allegedly strip-searched at his high school last month. His outraged parents plan to file suit against Chicago Public Schools. How could school officials ever deem a strip search appropriate?
Although he was handcuffed, searched, and then put in the back of a patrol car, police and student officials are claiming that a Houston-area high school student was rushed to the hospital after shooting himself.
16 year-old Sierra Leone native Kelvin Doe is the youngest person to be invited to MIT’s “Visiting Practitioner’s Program.” His accomplishments are astounding; he runs his own community radio station, and he created a battery that provides light for homes in his neighborhood.
As I voted earlier this week in the presidential race (for only the second time in my life) I thought about all the critiques I have for the current president. I also thought about when we need to do this. And I think the appropriate day would be on November 7th, the day after the […]
15 year-old Felicia Garcia jumped to her death in front of over 200 of her classmates after weeks of bullying. Her final tweet said simply: “I cant, im done, I give up”
Students at Wilberforce University, the first college to be owned and operated by blacks, are threatening to leave the school. Is this yet another warning of a major crisis for HBCUs? What can be done to save Wilberforce and other schools with similar circumstances?
The NAACP has filed a complaint against eight elite NYC high schools.They allege that the admissions testing for entry into these schools results in effective discrimination against black and Latino students.
