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Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action | The New York Times

July 4, 2018Affirmative Action, African American Education ...

The Trump administration will encourage the nation’s school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities to consider race as a factor in diversifying their campuses, administration officials said.

Here’s How to Find Out How Racist Your Kids’ School Is | Colorlines

April 30, 2018April 30, 2018African American Education, Education Reform ...

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.

Why Baltimore Doesn’t Heat Its Schools | Jacobin

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018African American Commuities, African American Education ...

In postindustrial Baltimore, low-income residents are treated as expendable — and public services are slashed accordingly.

How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By ‘Individual Choices’ | NPR

January 25, 2018January 26, 2018African American Education, KOLUMN ...

Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated.

Black People Support Vouchers, Black Leaders Don’t. Who’s Right? – The Root

June 14, 2017African American Education, Education Reform ...

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.

Report: 75 Percent of Black Boys in Calif. Don’t Meet State Reading Requirements – The Root

June 7, 2017African American Economics, African American Education ...

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.