Racial Justice
Trump’s executive order threatens to withhold federal funding from schools that support students in gender transitions or that teach about the prevalence of racism in American life.
A leaked draft report reviewed an anti-Black culture at the Newark School of Global Studies and detailed patterns of racism, limited responses from school leaders, and a need for professional development to promote a more inclusive culture.
A leaked draft of the report on the dynamics at the Newark School of Global Studies found students and teachers were subjected to “acts of anti-Blackness and anti-Black racism” and school practices failed to address the problems.
A state judge denied the board’s petition to unseat a member over a conflict of interest after her daughter filed a claim against NPS alleging racial harassment during her time at Global Studies. The state’s education commissioner will issue a final decision.
Six-year board of education member Dawn Haynes may be ousted from her seat after the Newark school board sent a petition to the state for the recommendation of her removal.
The way students are sorted in the city’s notoriously ruthless admissions process tends to hurt those from low-income backgrounds, children with disabilities, and others.
The Paul Laurence Dunbar Library opened to students at The Oaks Academy middle school last week.
Educators from across the country discussed how to teach students about the history of school segregation and how people resisted.
Since 1965, Fayette County schools have been operating under a desegregation order. Some worry that without court oversight, the system will resegregate.
Representing families challenging school segregation, here’s what the NAACP’s chief legal counsel told the high court.
Daniel Kiel, whose documentary chronicled the ‘Memphis 13,’ sees vouchers and ‘colorblind’ policies eroding progress on desegregation.
The lawsuit asserts that the law is ‘unconstitutionally vague.’
Ruby Bridges, who lost a son to a shooting in 2005, says the letter from 11-year-old Ben Williams resonated with her.
The spike in grievances is a sign that parent leaders are now making use of a disciplinary process slowly rolled out over two years.
Three new national studies find that teachers are self-censoring at high rates, and that students and teachers are more comfortable talking about race in school than LGBTQ issues.
Students at Aldridge Elementary in Altgeld Gardens have ideas for community improvements, as Red Line extension looms.
Prize-winning authors spoke to Whitehaven H.S. students but had to hold back on discussing themes of systemic racism.
The union joined other community members in demanding the release of a report on the racial, cultural, and religious dynamics at Newark’s School of Global Studies after Superintendent Roger León said the review would remain internal.
The revised training is an effort to get educators to think twice before defaulting to a child welfare report, and give them a set of alternatives to try first.
The Denver school board backed the superintendent’s decision to fire Kurt Dennis. The popular McAuliffe principal spoke out about safety concerns, then was accused of mistreating students.