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Huffington Post | January 17, 2011 Andres Alonso, Baltimore’s CEO of public schools, thinks that too many school districts are stuck in their ways. “In most school systems, there’s a huge gravitational pull for doing the same thing. So we shouldn’t expect different outcomes.” Alonso was recently interviewed by CNN regarding the transformation Baltimore schools have […]

It has been taken as common knowledge that private schools offer a better education than public schools. This is a popular argument many school choice advocates wave to divert into private schools. However, a new study by the University of Virginia denies this popular myth.

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.

Sex education classes now required for city’s public middle and high schools RACHEL MONAHAN and RICH SCHAPIRO, New York Daily News | August 11, 2011 Sex ed classes will be required in all of the city’s public middle and high schools this school year for the first time in almost two decades, officials revealed Tuesday.The new mandate calls […]

By Quintessa Williams Originally Published: October, 2nd 2024 In 2022, when Southern red states followed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s restrictions on teaching Black history in classrooms, Black communities in the Sunshine State and beyond found a solution by bringing back Freedom Schools. The resurgence of Freedom Schools is a powerful countermeasure to the growing trend […]

We’ve already been taught LGBTQ history. Unfortunately, too many of us don’t even know that we have been. We’ve already heard countless lectures about icons who happened to be queer—learned about their lives and work, read their words, recited their speeches, seen them remembered through art and poetry, and heralded them as some of the […]

The Trump administration announced over the weekend that immigrants who legally use public aid such as food assistance programs and section 8 housing would have this used against them in green card applications in its newest attempt at keeping Black and brown people out of the country. This new policy could potentially force millions of […]

by Roni Dean-Burren It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s back to school season and I’m ecstatic. My friends and family are posting photos of their kids in their full backpacks with new shoes and grinning faces as they head back to 187 days of learning bliss. In the midst of all this […]

According to USA Today, basketball superstar LeBron James opened up a school on Monday in Akron, Ohio. The school, called I Promise, is a product of Akron Public Schools teaming up with James’ foundation, The LeBron James Family Foundation, with assistance from JP Morgan Chase Bank and other corporate sponsors. I Promise pledges to support parents […]

According to reports from the Detroit Metro Times, courts have dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state of Michigan alleging that the schools in Detroit were not providing basic education to its primarily Black and Brown students. The case, which was first reported last year, involves students being forced to teach themselves with, often with […]

This past Tuesday, a House Committee on Workforce Education meeting sparked an uproar when Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said schools have the choice to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on undocumented students.

April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. This essay contains brief descriptions […]