Districts aiming to hire Black teachers, add Black history classes and talk about white privilege are increasingly under scrutiny, raising questions about what is legal, and also what works. By Dana ...

The Xi Beta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) and the Black House hosted a panel, followed by a letter writing event to middle schools across the country, to advocate for Black student ...

Class portraits line the hallways of the University of Colorado Law School, the faces of former students gazing down at the building’s current inhabitants. In a dimly lit recess in the library hangs ...

A group of Chicago elementary school students had an unexpected visitor Tuesday when former President Barack Obama walked in wearing a Santa hat and sat down to read to them. The Burke Elementary ...

Black student unions have been a vital part of many Black college students’ lives for more than 60 years. But since 2024, Black student unions have lost their institutional support, campus space and ...

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When you step onto the campus of a predominantly white institution (PWI) as a Black student, you might feel like you’re entering a world where you have to balance who you are with where you are. That ...

We are writing in response to the civil rights complaint filed by Parents Defending Education (PDE) with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The complaint targets Chicago ...

This story has been updated to reflect additional information about funding for BSAP. Many supporters and advocates of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Black Student Achievement Plan are ...