Enough is Enough: Chicago activists protest ‘school desert’ in neighborhood
By BYP @blackyouthproj 10:32 am December 4, 2013 Activists in Chicago’s Bronzeville community are tired of losing schools in the district. After plans by Chicago Public Schools to close more than 50...
View ArticleGuest Post: #BBUM and the subtle signs of racism at University of Michigan-...
By BYP @blackyouthproj 10:43 am December 6, 2013 A few weeks ago, students at the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor took to Twitter to spark dialogue about diversity, racial tolerance and...
View ArticleFor Black students in California, achievement gap remains
By BYP @blackyouthproj 3:00 pm December 6, 2013 A new study reveals that African American college students continue to be affected by an academic achievement gap when seeking higher education. The...
View ArticleSpread the word:10 scholarships that every black college student should know...
By BYP @blackyouthproj 10:50 am January 6, 2014 The main thing every college student of color needs to know is that there is money out there. Each year, several times a year, companies, organizations...
View ArticleAll white high school team wins game, racists ‘white power’ tweets follow
By BYP @blackyouthproj 9:18 am March 18, 2014 Disturbingly racist tweets followed a Michigan high school basketball team’s win on Thursday. Several students at Howell high, a predominantly white...
View ArticleScholarship Alert: Tom Joyner launches scholarship for art students
By BYP @blackyouthproj 9:09 am April 15, 2014 The Tom Joyner Foundation has announced that it will offer a scholarship for Arts majors at Historically Black Collegiate Universities. From Tom Joyner...
View ArticleReport: minority students get less effective, less experienced teachers
By BYP @blackyouthproj 10:06 am April 16, 2014 According to a report released by The Center For American Progress, low-income students of color generally have less experienced and less effective...
View ArticleUpdate: Ohio teacher loses job for racist comment
By BYP @blackyouthproj 1:23 pm April 21, 2014 A suburban Cincinnati teacher has been fired after making a racist remark to a black student. Gil Voigt had been teaching science at Fairfield Freshman...
View ArticleCountry’s oldest black university in trouble
By BYP @blackyouthproj 12:52 pm July 31, 2014 Alumni of the country’s oldest historically black private university are fighting to keep the institution up and running. Wilberforce University was...
View ArticleThat SAE Video, Racist College Culture & Black Student Survival at University
By Diamond 9:51 am March 13, 2015 By Denene Millner I don’t know why folks are acting all shocked by this SAE video madness, as if despicably racist, nigger-filled rants by groups of white college boys...
View ArticleUniversity of Virginia students still struggle with banned financial aid program
A few weeks ago, students gathered in protest of the recent changes to the University of Virginia's AccessUVa financial aid program. Over the summer, the board voted to abolish all-grant financial aid...
View ArticleBlack Students Are Punished Less When They Have Black Teachers
Researchers from American University and the University of California – Davis have found that black students are less likely to be disciplined in school when they have black teachers. This was...
View ArticleBlack Students at University of Wisconsin-Madison Demand Free Tuition
Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) are referred to as such because they’re mostly just that and the gap between them and most diverse schools is quite considerable. To address this disparity in...
View ArticleBeloved young Chicago Principal Rob Croston passed away after complications...
Widely-loved Chicago Public Schools Principal Robert “Rob” Croston has died, as the Chicago Sun Times reported. The Times noted Croston’s legacy of “resourcefulness, energy and leadership inspired his...
View ArticleBlack Stoneman Douglas students draw attention to the intersection of race...
While Parkland shooting survivors-turned-activists continue advocating gun reform to legislators, one group of their peers rightly reminded the public that their lived experiences and ideas are...
View ArticleA team of Black girls were winning a NASA competition, then NASA switched up...
A team of three Black girls from D.C.’s Benjamin Banneker Academic High School—Bria Snell, India Skinner and Mikayla Sharrieff—was excited to enter the NASA Goddard‘s Optimus Prime Spinoff Promotion...
View ArticleBlack educators and administrators, let’s remember to center and uplift Black...
by Maximillian Matthews After arriving on the campus of Elon University in the fall of 2005, I instantly sought out the Black community in an effort to not feel isolated and misunderstood. I knew I...
View ArticleWhy Black children must see themselves in the classroom.
by Liljuan Gonzalez I remember seeing a little Black girl being viciously yelled at to stop moving and to sit with her hands folded while her eyes followed the teacher. When she moved an inch, out of...
View ArticleBlack Miami student says she was accused of cheating after improving SAT...
Kamilah Campbell, a Black high school student from Miami Gardens, has hired a lawyer after the SAT testing company told her the results of her exam were invalid.On her first try, Campbell got a total...
View ArticleSchool district investigates teachers after displaying nooses as “back to...
The Roosevelt School District of New York is investigating claims that nooses labeled as “back to school necklaces” were openly displayed in a classroom after community calls for accountability. Arthur...
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