education

Ethel Hylton Graduates from Harvard w/ the Highest GPA in Her Class

Affirmative Action Debate: Is Class a Bigger Barrier to Success than Race?

In Our Hands: The Future of Our Children and the Restoration of Our Communities Resides With Us

Jordan Davis Receives Honorary HS Diploma

Philadelphia to Close 23 Public Schools While Building $400 Million Prison

REPORT: 75 Percent of Students Arrested in Chicago Public Schools Are Black

8 Arrested After Melee at Kindergarten Graduation in Cleveland

9 Year-Old Activist Asean Johnson Continues Fight Against Chicago School Closings

22 Year-Old Cortlan Wickliff is Youngest African American to Graduate from Harvard Law

Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, While Spending $100 Million on Private Stadium Project?!

New Report Takes Aim at New York City’s School-to-Prison Pipeline

Number of Blacks in Elite Careers Hurt by Declining Racial Diversity Efforts

CPS: High School Graduation Rate in Chicago Hits Record High

Minneapolis Program Helps Teens Make Hip Hop in Exchange for Good Grades

Kiera Wilmot Speaks Out On Science Experiment Arrest, Aftermath

WATCH: 9 Year-Old Asean Johnson Captivates School Closing Protesters w/ Passionate Speech

Chicago School Board Votes to Close 50 Schools; Largest School Closure in City’s History

Dillard U. President: Why Did Dr. Dre Donate $35 Million to USC, and Not a Black College?

18 Year-Old Eesha Khare Invents Device that Charges Cell Phones in 30 Seconds

Does Obama Unfairly Hold African Americans to a Different Standard?

Nat. Science Foundation Awards Clemson $5 Mill Grant to Advance Blacks in Computer Science

Dozens Arrested in Chicago School Closing Protests

Standout Football Player Jay Harris Gives Up Michigan State Scholarship to Pursue Rap Career

Father and Son to Graduate from Morehouse Together This Sunday

Open Society Foundations Announce 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

Former NASA Engineer Awards Kiera Wilmot Scholarship to Space Academy

Kindergartner Uses Knowledge of His ABCs to Save Dad’s Life

Charges Dropped Against 16 Year-Old Kiera Wilmot for Science Experiment Gone Wrong

L.A. Unified School District Votes to Ban Suspensions for “Willful Defiance”

Brooklyn Teacher Fined $10,000 For Letting 3rd Grader Hit Bully Back

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