— Bryan Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser For much of the 20th century, southern classrooms treated Black history — when they touched the subject at all — as a sideshow to a white-dominated narrative. Teachers taught students to sing Dixie and memorize long lists of forgettable governors. Civil War battles got described in detail. Textbooks celebrated the violent […]
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How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet | Fast Company
Artificial Intelligence will rule the jobs of the future, so learning how to work with it will be key. But the skills needed might not be what you expect.
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Here’s How to Find Out How Racist Your Kids’ School Is | Colorlines
Your step-by-step guide to using the Department of Education’s latest data release to uncover—and address—the racial disparities in your district.
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Documentary on History of HBCUs Screened at Morgan | AFRO
Historically Black colleges and universities have served African-American communities for 150-plus years, but they are frequently underrepresented, according to filmmaker Stanley Nelson. Furthermore, he said, many stories are left untold in mainstream media.
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Twenty-Five Percent of HBCU’s Student Body Is Non-Black: Is This the End of Majority Black Schools? | Atlanta Black Star
In 2014, the North Carolina Senate unanimously moved to remove a budget provision that would have given the state’s Board of Governors permission to study the closure of any school that had an enrollment decline of 20 percent between 2010 and 2013.
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Black People Support Vouchers, Black Leaders Don’t. Who’s Right? – The Root
At times, black people, like any group battered and oppressed by the state, may celebrate any perception of forward motion. Folks scour social media pages to see who has what appointment, what political power is being amassed and what black person has been newly elected.
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Report: 75 Percent of Black Boys in Calif. Don’t Meet State Reading Requirements – The Root
The most recent round of testing in the state of California has revealed a disturbing statistic: Three out of 4 black boys failed to meet the reading and writing requirements, and more than half of them scored in the lowest category on the English portion of the test.
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Black Parents Sue Mississippi Over Inequitable Schools – The Huffington Post
The lawsuit claims that black students are being denied their “school rights and privileges.”
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At Harvard, Students Host Inaugural Black Commencement Ceremony – Press Release
For the first time in recent history, Harvard University Black students (including those with African, African-American, Afro European, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-South American ancestry) will host their own, individual commencement ceremony, officials said.
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Having Just One Black Teacher Can Keep Black Kids In School – NPR
How important is it to have a role model? A new working paper puts some numbers to that question.
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