Education
Education
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I Went to Morehouse College, But Morgan State University Was the First HBCU I Fell in Love With
Thereās nothing like a good ole Facebook Memory, eh? This morning, while logging into the āBook, I was reminded of a discussion I started on November 29, 2017 (a year ago), spurred by an episode of This Is US about which historically black college or university (HBCU) was the most well-known. Hereās an excerpt (edited…
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I Had Two Black Teachers From Kindergarten Through 12th Grade and Even That Little Bit Made a Difference
As a parent, the education of my children is a huge part of my life. Iām not only concerned by what that education looks like; I am equally concerned about who is providing it. I have two children in schoolāage 9 (4th grade) and 3 (Pre-Kindergarten)āat two entirely different schools in two entirely different places.…
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'If Tattoos Can Be Removed, So Can Ben Carson's Name from Our High School' Asserts Detroit School Board Members
Ben Carson is having a bad week. First he got dragged for a surge in failed HUD inspections since his appointment as U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary in 2017, and now Detroitās Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine is ripping the ring off its finger and throwing it back in his face.…
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Black College Student in Texas Escorted Out of Class by Police for Putting Her Feet Up
The University of Texas at San Antonio says it is investigating a possible instance of discrimination after video surfaced of a black student being escorted from class by armed police. Officers were called after senior lecturer Anita Moss confronted the student about having her feet up in class. The studentās classmate, Apurva Rawal, captured the…
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School District Punishes Teacher for Using N-Word by Forcing Her to Continue Teaching Students
A teacher who reportedly used the n-word in a classroom to describe, among other things, her black cat, is back at work at a Central Pennsylvania high school after the school district says it has ācomprehensively addressedā the concerns of teachers and parents. According to Fox 43, a teacher at Susquehanna Township High School in…
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ACLU Files Discrimination Complaint on Behalf of Black Students in Central California
In response to claims of sustained racial abuse against the two percent of black students who attend the Visalia Unified School District, the ACLU of Northern California has filed a discrimination complaint against the district in court. The complaint, filed with the Department of Education, charges the district with violating Title VI of the Civil…
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Gov. of Mississippi Has theĀ Nerve to Talk About Being āCivilizedā After Black Teens Stage Controversial Halftime Show
Gov. Phil Bryant, head of the state which ranks second to last in education in all 50 of these United States; a man who runs the government of a place with an actual Confederate flag in its state flag and where the poverty rate stands at an abysmal 20 percent, has the nerve, the unmitigated…
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Funding Is Top Issue for Trumpās Newly Appointed Board of Advisors on HBCUs
President Donald Trump recently announced 13 new appointees to the Presidentās Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Bennett College President Phyllis Dawkins is among them. Dawkins, at the helm of a school established to educate freedmen and train teachers in Greensboro, N.C., in 1873, has strong views on what such institutions and…
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White College Admissions Counselors Don't Want 'Woke' Black Students: Study
A new study reveals that black high school students who are actively fighting racism might have a harder time getting into colleges with white admissions counselors because … Wait? Did you even read the first part of that sentence? Ted Thornhill is a sociology professor at Florida Gulf Coast University whose research āexamines color-blind ideology…