Schools & Youth

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Sameer Rao Jun 8, 2017 11:49AM EDT

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan Reunite for Ta-Nehisi Coates-Penned 'Wrong Answer'

The film will explore the 2006 Atlanta Public Schools standardized test cheating scandal, which prompted national debate about the strict testing provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.

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Sameer Rao Jun 7, 2017 12:28PM EDT

Peek Inside Howard University's New Google Satellite Campus [PHOTOS]

The Howard West facility makes it easy for the HBCU's computer science students to work with Google staffers in Mountain View, California.

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Sameer Rao Jun 6, 2017 11:38AM EDT

Harvard University Revokes 10 Acceptance Offers Over Discriminatory Memes

One prospective freshman reportedly called the hanging of a Mexican child "piñata time."

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Sameer Rao Jun 2, 2017 3:12PM EDT

Ananya Vinay Becomes 13th Consecutive Indian-American Spelling Bee Champ

The Fresno preteen won the Scripps competition by correctly spelling "marocain," a French word for a kind of dress fabric.

Protestors, one holds sign that reads, "Cut your hair, not the budget."

Kenrya Rankin May 30, 2017 1:36PM EDT

These Three Federal Civil Rights Offices Are in Trouble

The proposed 2018 budget continues the Trump Administration’s trend of devaluing—and defunding—federal civil rights enforcement.

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Sameer Rao May 24, 2017 2:54PM EDT

Chance the Rapper and Jamila Woods Want Chicago Students to Create Their Next Music Video

The native Chicagoans are collecting "LSD" video treatment submissions from local high school students.

Kenrya Rankin May 15, 2017 1:35PM EDT

STUDY: Children of Color More Likely to Die From Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Than Whites

Newborn Native and Black children die at more than double the rate of their White counterparts.

Kenrya Rankin May 12, 2017 10:22AM EDT

READ: Black University Faculty's Stirring Open Letter to Bethune-Cookman's Graduating Class

Black faculty at schools across the country came together to celebrate the students who would not be quiet in the face of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ participation in their graduation ceremony.

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Sameer Rao May 11, 2017 12:12PM EDT

Black Twitter Hearts Bethune-Cookman Grads for Protesting Betsy DeVos

Freshly minted graduates of the Florida HBCU responded to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' commencement speech with boos and turned backs, and the Internet loved it.

Kenrya Rankin May 4, 2017 10:25AM EDT

HBCU to Confer Posthumous Aviation Degree on Trayvon Martin

Were he not killed by a vigilante, the aspiring pilot would likely be graduating from college this spring.

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Sameer Rao Apr 27, 2017 2:48PM EDT

Meet Z Yang, American Girl's New Korean-American Doll

Z is one of several dolls of color the doll manufacturer introduced this year.

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Sameer Rao Apr 24, 2017 4:57PM EDT

Teen Says Sybrina Fulton Praised Her Prom Dress Featuring a Tribute to Trayvon Martin

Milan Bolden-Morris' dress included the likeness of Fulton's son, Trayvon Martin, alongside those of other Black people killed by police and White vigilantes.

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Sameer Rao Apr 24, 2017 11:35AM EDT

Memphis High School's Graduating Class Earns $80 Million in Scholarships

Whitehaven High School's class of 2017 is 99 percent Black.

Kenrya Rankin Apr 19, 2017 5:19PM EDT

New Study Exposes Barriers That Block Girls of Color From Opportunity

The National Women’s Law Center’s latest report explores how trauma impacts the trajectories of Asian American and Pacific Islander, Black, Latinx and Native American girls.

Kenrya Rankin Apr 19, 2017 10:27AM EDT

Georgetown University Apologizes For Legacy of Enslavement, Renames Buildings

“We pray with you today because we have greatly sinned and because we are profoundly sorry.”

Sameer Rao Apr 17, 2017 5:33PM EDT

How It Feels to Be a Black Woman Teaching Boys of Color Behind Bars

In her new book, "All Day," poet and playwright Liza Jessie Peterson chronicles her year of teaching mostly Black and Latino boys inside New York City's vicious Rikers Island jail. Herewith, a Q&A.