School Shutdowns Raise Stakes Of Digital Divide For Students

WINNSBORO, S.C. (AP) — Students struggling to get online in a rural South Carolina county received a boost last week…
03.30.20
COVID-19 Closures Could Hit Historically Black Colleges Particularly Hard

As the COVID-19 crisis forces many schools to close their campuses and move all courses online, some worry that the…
03.24.20
States Suspending Standardized Tests As Schools Close

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Closing schools to combat the spread of the coronavirus is having a sweeping impact on an…
03.19.20
New York City Schools To Close Monday To Fight Coronavirus

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will close the nation’s largest public school system on Monday, sending over 1.1…
03.16.20
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Puts All Ohio Schools on Three Week Spring Break Due to Coronavirus

  In a press conference, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that all schools in the state of Ohio will be…
03.16.20
Howard University To Move To Online Classes Due To Coronavirus

Effective March 23rd Howard University will move to online classes due to CoronaVirus COVID-19 concerns. Howard officials will reevaluate on…
03.16.20
Schools Wrestle With Fairness Of Closures During Outbreak

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the new coronavirus surfaced at Saint Raphael Academy after a school group returned from a…
03.16.20
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Mother Outraged When Daughter, 6, Sent To Mental Health Facility By School

A six-year-old Florida girl was involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility without her mother’s consent for 48 hours after…
02.21.20
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Bringing S.T.E.M. To Marginalized Students Of Color One Comic Book At A Time

Independent comic book publisher, writer, creator and educator Naseed Gifted is getting more young people excited about S.T.E.M. through superheroes. Gifted uses…
02.20.20
Teacher Unions: Children Terrified By Active Shooter Drills

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The nation’s two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting…
02.11.20
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White Professor Called The Cops On Black Student Because He Wouldn’t Change Seats In Class

A Ball State University professor called the police on a Black student after he refused to change seats in class.…
01.28.20
Little Known Black History Fact: The Battle Over Ebonics

On December 18, 1996, the school district in Oakland, Calif. passed an amendment to designate Ebonics as a main language…
01.17.20
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