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Tag: Black students
Posted in2024 Elections
Education on the ballot: Here’s what passed
Voters across the nation decided on measures impacting K-12 schools and the educational futures of Black students, with some states approving school choice, eliminating standardized testing requirements, and increasing school funding.
Posted inCivil Rights
Black kids have a political voice, too
Black students are being encouraged to flex their political power by participating in activism and voting, as they can make a huge difference in swaying election outcomes.
Posted inEducation
Black teachers matter–why aren’t schools trying to keep them?
Black teachers are leaving schools at high rates due to a lack of retention strategies, and the Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium has developed a toolkit to provide school and district leaders with assessments, exercises and practical information to help retain them.
Posted inAfro Briefs, HBCU, National News, News, NEWS, Uncategorized
PRESS ROOM: Honda Campus All-Star Challenge celebrates 35 years of HBCU academic excellence with National Championship Tournament
By Black PR Wire (Black PR Wire) TORRANCE, Calif. — The countdown is on to the 35th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), the nation’s premier academic competition for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). After advancing from the HCASC national qualifying tournaments held in February, the top 32 HBCU student teams will compete in the […]
Posted inBooks, Education, National News, News, NEWS, Word In Black
Another downside of book bans: They stunt reading ability
By Joseph Williams, Word In Black For years, as test scores fell and teachers fretted, educators and analysts rang the alarm: the U.S. is facing a grade-school reading crisis. If left unaddressed, they say, Black children could fall even further behind. Now, college professors are sounding an alarm of their own. They say college students […]
Posted inBaltimore Community
Pikesville High principal accused of racist and anti-Semitic comments
By Aria Brent AFRO Staff Writer abrent@afro.com A social media post featuring an audio clip of what seems to be a high school administrator speaking ill of Black students, a Black faculty member and the Pikesville Jewish community was shared on Instagram. The audio clip was shared along with a photo of Pikesville High School principal Eric […]
Posted inEducation
A woman was hired to investigate racial harassment after a suicide. Then she encountered it herself
By Hannah SchoenbaumThe Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment complaints the year after a 10-year-old Black student died by suicide says that she, too, experienced discrimination from district officials. Joscelin Thomas, a former coordinator in the Davis School District’s equal […]
Posted inWord In Black
Seven facts about modern school segregation
#education By Aziah Siid, Word in Black Here’s what you probably know about school segregation in the United States: On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board of Education case. Many cities across the Jim Crow South refused to comply […]
Posted inWord In Black
Debunking the human value hierarchy myth
By Joseph Williams, Word in Black As George Mason University’s “chief wellbeing officer,” Dr. Nance Lucas wanted to create a positive, healthy environment for stressed-out students. Along with classes on mental and physical health, Lucas’ Center for the Advancement of Wellbeing offered students specialized learning dorms and cultural enrichment programs on art and music. But […]
Posted inHBCU
Howard, Morgan, Coppin, UMES, Bowie and Hampton: Baltimore County Public School children continue to choose HBCUs
By Ryan Coleman The National Bureau of Economic Research suggests predominantly White institutions can learn how to better support Black students by implementing best practices from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This past year, Black students from George Washington Carver Arts and Technology High School, Western Tech, Randallstown, Pikesville, New Town and other high […]
Posted inWord In Black
Schools aren’t prepared to handle racist bullying
By Maya Pottiger, Word In Black Breana Calloway stood in front of the Illinois State Senate in March to testify in favor of the Racism Free Schools Act. It passed the Senate unanimously, passed through the House, and was signed into law in August. Calloway, a principal-in-training in Chicago and a former Teach Plus Fellow, […]