By: Kristen Topp I work at a school that is K-12, giving me a chance to work with children of all ages. It’s a small school and I’m one of the three black staff members. It’s a pretty expensive private school with a low percentage of students of color. Therefore I get to be […]
 A North Carolina student says she was discriminated against after using a women’s bathroom. Andraya Williams, who is a member of the transgender community, was headed to class after using the ladies’ washroom at the Overcash Building at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte when the incident occurred.Â
An Indianapolis teen has been awarded the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship. Alex Dunlap, 16, who attends Broad Ripple High School, is one of only 1,000 students in the country to receive the honor. She’ll be graduating a year early in May.Â
By: Joshua Moore I currently am employed with a wonderful non-profit organization called Chicago Run. Chicago Run works to promote health and wellness across Chicago through the implementation of youth running programs. We are currently located in 44 Chicago Public Schools. My job as a Chicago Run Coach is to work as a liaison between our company and the […]
The College of Charleston adopted a 2012 Diversity Strategic Plan, to address the school’s many “diversity challenges.” Now, the board has created a new challenge with the election of its new president.Â
By: Kristen Topp            Yesterday was an especially awkward day for the students that I teach. It was the PUBERTY TALK. I was sure it would be painful for some of my students. However I didn’t anticipate how uncomfortable the presentation would make me. Not because of the terrible 80’s video, nude cartoons of pre-pubescent […]
Yesterday we reported that D.C. native 17-year-old Avery Coffey had been accepted into five Ivy League schools. We are happy to report that another high school senior, Kwasi Enin, has been accepted into all eight Ivy League institutions.Â
The American Civil Liberties Union is defending a New Jersey student who was suspended for hanging a Confederate battle flag on his car in the school’s parking lot. Gregory Vied was suspended from Steinert High School after refusing to remove the flag. After a series of complaints, the school’s principal repeatedly asked Vied to take […]
College students across the country are tackling race and prejudice, and a new film is taking on the issue through comedy and satire. Dear White People follows a group of black students at a fictional, Ivy League school. One of the characters host a radio program of the same title where she confronts racism faced by […]
The faithful slave in “Gone With the Wind” is set to be revived in a prequel. The work comes more than 75 years after the publication of the novel by Margaret Mitchell.Â
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Ph.D., has made history by becoming the first African American, and female president of Trinity College. Members of the College’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of the decision.Â
                                                               I remember, when I first stepped into my fourth grade classroom, my mouth dropped to the floor. It was the middle of the summer and we had just moved to the suburbs. Unfortunately for me, they were on cycle scheduling and so my summer time and childhood of fun had ended abruptly. I found […]
