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by Mustafa Ali-Smith As protests continue on both the national and global scale, widespread call-to-actions ramp up. Dismantling, defunding, and divesting from policing and providing police-free schools are becoming a part of everyday conversations. Early educational institutions have even begun to respond to these call-to-actions by ending their relationship with local police departments and promising […]

While the City of Baltimore withstood freezing temperatures this week, its schools decided that the Black children who populate it should be forced to attend school in the withering and blistering cold weather. If anyone needed any extra convincing that the public school system does not work in the benefit of Black children, this should […]

Chance the Rapper had already done more than most have for Chicago Public Schools when he donated $1 million for the education system that raised him—but he was far from done.

As if his initial $1 million donation to Chicago Public Schools wasn’t already more than enough, Chance the Rapper continues to outdo himself. The Chicago rapper held a second press conference last week to announce some major news. First, the Chicago Bulls organization would be matching his initial donation. Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, he […]

What are students left to do to improve their quality of education after they’ve run out of options? According to students from Detroit Public Schools (DPS), heading to court is the next step. Apparently, the disparity in the quality of education between Detroit’s best and worst performing schools was so drastic that students are now filing […]

All eyes have been on Chicago’s eduction woes. With the closing of more than 50 schools, everyone has something to say about how to fix the broken system. One student-led organization wants in on the fight, but according to Students for Education Reform Illinois, the fight is the problem.

According to new report, the effort a parent puts in at home – checking homework, encouraging strong academic performances from their children, etc. – is ultimately more important than the quality of their child’s school.

60 years after Brown v. Board desegregated public schools, a new report reveals the obvious: American public schools are still largely segregated along racial and economic lines. What do we do about this persistent problem?

A new report released today by the Brookings Institute’s Metropolitan Policy Program argues that exclusionary housing policies are a primary factor in the perpetuation of educational inequality in America. We MUST ensure that EVERY child receives the quality education they deserve!

50 students at a high school in Detroit, Michigan were suspended from school after staging a school-wide walk out, and demanding “an education.” The students are fed up with absent teachers, shortages of textbooks, and an administration that simply refuses to hear their grievances or take their education seriously.

According to a new report from the Department of Education, Black students face harsher discipline in schools, as well as a variety of other serious disparities. Our Education system is ANYTHING BUT EQUAL. Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!

“I’m a Democrat. But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That Government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more. That’s why my education reform offers more competition, and more control for schools and States.” In President Obama’s state of the Union address, education was one of his […]