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Two members of SAE, the fraternity caught on tape singing a racist chant, have been suspended from Oklahoma University. From Reuters: The University of Oklahoma has expelled two students linked to a video showing members of a fraternity singing a song filled with racial epithets, the school’s president said on Tuesday. The two students were […]

  Huntsville City Schools paid a former FBI agent $157,000 last year to investigate social media activity of public school students. The investigation led to the expulsion of 14 students last year. 12 were black. 

  The following post if from Slate. It was written by Allie Gross. By: Allie Gross When Atiya Haynes’ grandfather gave her a pocketknife in July, she was hesitant to accept the gift. The 17-year-old didn’t want to think she needed a weapon for protection. But her grandfather said that was not a luxury the […]

Parents of black students who once attended school in a Cincinnati, OH, suburb claim that their children were expelled for making rap videos off-campus. The parents of four black students who once attended Colerain High School have filed a lawsuit on behalf of their children. They want the expulsions on their children’s’ records expunged and […]

  The following post is from the New York Times.  It was written by Nicholas Kristof. By: Nicholas Kristof MANY white Americans say they are fed up with the coverage of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. A plurality of whites in a recent Pew survey said that the issue of race is getting more attention than […]

  The following post originally appeared on Dropout Nation under the title, “Poverty is the Effect.” Dropout Nation is the leading online outlet covering and commenting on American public education and school reform. By: Michael Holzman The association of poverty, especially the poverty of black families, with the comparative lack of educational achievement and educational attainment of […]

  The following post originally appears on The Washington Post under the title, “My Son Has Been Suspended Five Times. He’s 3.” It was written by Tunette Powell, a motivational speaker and author. She is co-founder of The Truth Heals, a nonprofit for individuals and families affected by fatherlessness. By: Tunette Powell I received a call from […]

On Monday, Wagatwe Wanjuki posted a tweet about what it’s like to be a rape survivor. The 27-year-old took to Twitter after reading a June 6 Washington Post column buy conservative writer George Will. The column suggested there was no campus rape epidemic and that women were lying about being victims of sexual assault.

  The following post was written by The New York Times Editorial Board. It is in response to a new report that examined the disciplinary practices of 97,000 public schools in the nation.  By: The Editorial Board A new report released by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, examining the disciplinary practices of the country’s 97,000 […]

A study about race in American education conducted and released by the Education Department had a brow-raising finding. Although it might not be surprising that black students are suspended at higher rates than white students, what is especially troubling is that this trend starts as soon as preschool.

According to a report released by the Chicago Public Schools, privately run charter schools expel students at higher rates than other institutions of learning in the district. The data revealed that during the last school year, 307 students were kicked out of charter schools, compared to 182 kids expelled out of district-run schools. Charter schools […]

  Some members of Arizona State University’s chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity may face expulsion after throwing a racist MLK-themed party during the slain civil rights leader’s holiday weekend. Only 16 of 125 members attended the offensive party, but the action has led to the dissolution of the chapter on campus.