education

Report: black students 4 four times more likely to attend high-poverty schools

Low-income students get a little help with college loans

Report: Illinois tops list of worst 10 states in country to raise black children

Man orphaned by Rwandan genocide awarded full ride to Harvard

Despite decline in black student suspension, huge discrepancies remain high in Oakland schools

Princeton graduate creates app for Chicago Public School students

Study: Charter schools have made segregation worse in Chicago

Report: U.S. high school dropout rate reaches new low, driven by improvements by blacks, Hispanics

With new report, NWLC calls for equal opportunities for African American girls

Rebellious Maryland students bring more Confederate flags to school

High school students in Newark walk out in protests

Jackie Robinson West member to receive 4-year scholarship

Teacher put on leave after making students re-enact Michael Ferguson shooting

Feds investigating claims of civil rights violations at Chicago schools

Country’s oldest black university in trouble

Student who went to MIT at 14 still shines today

Queen Like Me: new children’s book tells stories of powerful black women

Promoting literacy: Florida barbershop hands out books to young customers

Report: more than 22,000 black and brown children are homeless in Chicago

Report: children of well-educated black parents have brighter futures

A list of empowering books for little black girls

From foster care to full scholarship: the story of Tyree Grant

White district sends black youth back to failing schools

Man celebrates 50 years of empowering youth in Harlem

Homeless teen graduates at top of class, earns full ride to Georgetown

Prep school holds ceremony for first graduating class

Former gang member earns degree, among school’s first graduating class

The world’s oldest university was founded by a African woman

Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Campaign is a Success

20-year-old Chicago native accepted into Harvard Ph.D. program

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