By Erica Frankenberg, Penn State and Maithreyi Gopalan, University of Oregon The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by…
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Mississippi’s education miracle: A model for global literacy reform
By Harry Anthony Patrinos, University of ArkansasIn a surprising turnaround, Mississippi, once ranked near the bottom of U.S. education standings,…
Global crises have hit education hard: 24 years of research offers a way forward for southern Africa
By Emmanuel Ojo, University of the Witwatersrand Global crises have shaped our world over the past two decades, affecting education…
Massive layoffs at the Department of Education erode its civil rights division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will…
Anti-DEI guidance from Trump administration misinterprets the law and guts educators’ free speech rights
By Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity and…
Trump’s Department of Education warns schools to end DEI programs before March 1 or lose funding
WASHINGTON D.C. — Following President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at ending Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, the Department…
Black school officials outraged after man wears gorilla costume with MAGA hat to meeting
PENFIELD, NY — Tensions remain high in an upstate New York suburb after a man wearing a gorilla suit and…
New leader selected for Savannah State University, Georgia’s oldest HBCU
ATLANTA — Savannah State University, the oldest Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in Georgia, may have a new president…
African countries need more PhD graduates but students are held back by a lack of money and support
By Oluwatomilayo Omoya, Flinders University; Olumide A Odeyemi, Flinders University; Omowale A Odeyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University, and Udeme Samuel Jacob,…
The story of one Mississippi county shows how private schools are exacerbating segregation
The scoreboard glowed with the promise of another Friday night football game in Liberty, Mississippi, a small town near the…
