A Black mother of two is opening up about her heartbreaking decision to pull her daughters from a Texas high school after racial harassment and a fight in
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ school choice for her daughter sparks a debate over Black parents, education and sacrifice
Nikole Hannah-Jones's reflection on her daughter’s public school education sparks a larger debate about Black parents, opportunity and community.
Black family files civil rights complaint alleging 7 years of racial harassment in Illinois school district
A Black family files an Illinois civil rights complaint alleging their three children faced years of racial harassment in District 34.
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (Published 2018)
A study of 20 million children shows the fragility of the American Dream.
What You Should Really Say to Your Daughter About Campus Sexual Assault
It’s not what you might imagine.
What the Cornell 7 and LSU sexual assault cases are revealing about the experiences of Black women
In the wake of the Cornell 7 and LSU assault cases, many, including Black women, are reckoning with their dismay and rage.
#Charlestonsyllabus - AAIHS
Here is a list of readings that educators can use to broach conversations in the classroom about the horrendous events that unfolded in Charleston, South Carolina on the evening of June 17, 2015. These readings provide valuable information about the history of racial violence in this country and contextualize the history of race relations in South
Texas GOP uses photo of trans man forced to compete against girls in 'boys competing with girls' mailer
<p>They can’t seem to get their bigotry right.</p>
Black Schoolgirls at the Intersection of Consent and Property: Mapping a Socio-Historical Analysis for Anti-Rape Education Futures in Schooling
This article examines how the concept of consent, persons as property, with its links to the convergence of law, imperial governance and schooling reveal the fragility and possibilities of consent ...
Texas Republicans want to keep transgender women out of women’s school sports teams
Lawmakers have filed legislation that would ban transgender girls and women who attend public K-12 schools, colleges and universities from playing on single-sex sports teams designated for girls and women.
The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing | NEA
From grade school to college, students of color have suffered from the effects of biased testing.
‘They Get Fired All the Time. And They Have No Idea Why.’
Three weeks after I enrolled my youngest child in a neighborhood nursery school in Brooklyn, I got the call. An administrator and my child’s lead teacher urgently wanted to meet with my husband and me.
Watertown High School students walk out to protest school board's decision to ban song tied to Stonewall
Hundreds of Watertown High School students walked out of class Wednesday to protest the school board's decision to ban the Wind Symphony from performing "A Mother of A Revolution!"
Unaccompanied immigrant minors face growing hurdles from the Trump administration crackdown
Many children are having to defend their cases alone before immigration judges, without lawyers, while the government has made it harder for them to leave the shelter system and reunite with their families
Conversion via Twitter
She was a prized daughter of the Westboro Baptist Church. Then she started to question her faith, one tweet at a time.
