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Anyone who has taken introductory English courses has likely realized that the widely considered greatest writers in history are mostly white men. While Hemingway, Chaucer and Shakespeare surely contributed mountains of iconic work towards English literature, they aren’t the only great writers we’ve had and some Yale students are tired of their program acting like they […]

For many students, their most dependable meals throughout the day come from schools, many of which offer lunch, breakfast and even an after-school snack in some cases. But what are they expected to do when the food they get is covered in mold? Students at Chicago’s West Town Academy had to ask themselves that very […]

Teachers being adventurous and occasionally adding new things to the curriculum often leads to more well-rounded students. But there’s a line you just don’t cross. And a language arts teacher for a group of 8th graders at Burns Middle School left that line miles behind with a recent quiz she handed out. The 10-question quiz included […]

A group of girls from Detroit’s University Prep Science & Math’s chess team left the 13th annual KCF All-Girls National Championships with a victory in the Under 14 category. “I was pretty amazed,” Jada Hamilton, 13, told the Detroit News. “It’s hard to describe how I felt that day because I was really happy.” Hamilton’s win clinched […]

Last week, more than 100 Baltimore City school students walked out of classes to protest standardized tests. According to CBS, students have grown frustrated with the PARCC tests that they’re required to take. The students had previously met with school officials to protest the test, which they feel doesn’t cover anything that they’re taught and […]

Welcome to America where Blacks are consistently marginalized and stereotyped, and color matters more than ever. People are more likely to arrest you if you are Black, and even Raven-Symone won’t hire you if your name sounds too Black. In a new study, white doctors think that Black people are invincible to the pains that […]

Cassius Rudolph is only 24 years old, but he’s already accomplished a feat many people twice his age only dream of. The Southside Chicago native, currently studying at Columbia University’s Union Theological Seminary, is working as a sort of middle man between both his former alma maters: Harlan High School and Tougaloo College.

Traveling abroad is an opportunity that many people elect not to take advantage of for a list of justifiable reasons. In other cases, they jut don’t have access. But Florida A&M University is making it so that not having a passport isn’t an obstacle for their students. FAMU set up a program where, for one […]

Having diversity among school teachers is just as important as having diversity throughout the student body. If all goes well, it’s reasonable to say that the interactions will help all involved parties. But a recent study shows that things don’t often go that smoothly. The Economics of Education Review included a study from Johns Hopkins and American […]

The black students at University of Missouri, nicknamed “Mizzou” have put out the documentary Concerned Student 1950 which gives an inside look behind the anti-racial protests that occurred at the school last year.

Sexual assault on college campuses is a rampant issue across the country. But the way these issues are handled on campus – by school officials, faculty and students, alike – is just as concerning. After a Howard University student came out on social media and said she was raped by another student, students took to […]

The Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va. has been helping make education more accessible to black students for decades. It’s most recent method of doing so has been the Annual HBCU College Festival. The 14th Annual HBCU College Festival was held this past February at T.C. Williams High School and brought in more than 3,000 students […]