The Trump administration opened an investigation Tuesday into Chicago Public Schools, alleging race-based discrimination related to the district’s recently released…
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‘Dreams delayed’ no longer: Report identifies key changes needed around Black students’ education
By Tanitiã Munroe, University of Toronto As Langston Hughes, the influential Harlem Renaissance poet, playwright and social activist, once wrote:…
Community outraged by “alarming” racist incident at Virginia Beach high school
VIRGINIA BEACH — Parents were notified this week about a racist incident involving students at a Virginia Beach high school…
Lawsuit accuses UC of favoring Blacks and Latinos in admissions over whites and Asians
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — A lawsuit filed in federal court accuses the University of California (UC) system of giving preference…
Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in elementary school
By Eric Hengyu Hu, University at Albany, State University of New York and Paul L. Morgan, University at Albany, State…
African immigrant students draw on family and community strengths in quest for college
By Mavis Gyesi, University of Iowa Black African immigration to the U.S. has exploded over the past few decades. Today,…
Are race-conscious scholarships on their way out?
By Jeffrey C. Sun, University of Louisville and Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton The fate of hundred of millions…
Graduation rates for low-income students lag while their student loan debt soars
By Robert Samuels, University of California, Santa Barbara The Conversation, CC BY-ND A recent federal study on graduation rates for…
How going back to the SAT could set back college student diversity
By Joseph Soares, Wake Forest University Earlier this year, a number of colleges announced they were going back to using…
How educator Gloria Jean Merriex used dance, drills and devotion to turn around a failing elementary school in a year
By Boaz Dvir, Penn State When Duval Elementary – a school that served mostly Black and poor students in East…
