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5 Organizations Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship
From hair products mogul Madame C.J. Walker to Pinky Cole, CEO of Slutty Vegan Foods, the Black community has a long tradition of inspiring and nurturing entrepreneurs. The creativity and...
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Why Are K-12 Students Not Showing Up for Summer Programming?
Study after study has found that summer programming, along with high-intensity tutoring, is the most effective way to help K-12 students recover from pandemic-era learning loss. It’s deemed so...
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Texas Is Overrun with Childcare Deserts
By Aswad Walker Texas, we have a problem. Not only are there far too many food deserts and digital/technology deserts dogging communities of color, but Black and Brown neighborhoods are also ravaged...
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What Books Are Must-Reads to Keep Your Black Card?
During our sojourn in these (dis)United States of America, there have been two things individuals and institutions committed to the myth of white supremacy have consistently fought tooth and nail to...
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HBCUs Could Be Left Out in the Cold in NCAA Profit-Sharing
By Terrance Harris A seismic shift in the world of college athletics took place late last week when the NCAA Board of Governors decided to settle an old name, image, and likeness lawsuit for $2.8...
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How School Choice Is Healing the Scars Left By Brown v. Board
By Denisha Allen This month marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board decision, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled school segregation as unconstitutional. It is no surprise we’ve yet to achieve...
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Why the ADHD Surge and Punishment of Black Students Could Be Linked
What some teachers see as disruptive behavior in Black children closely tracks broader symptoms of attention-deficit disorder When a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report last week...
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Are Texas Schools Pushing a Christian Agenda?
By Marlissa Collier Texas is in the midst of a new heated debate over a proposed overhaul of its elementary school curriculum. The Texas Education Agency (TEA), the governmental body responsible for...
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Reporter’s Notebook: Black Students Need Us To Show Up
Since I joined the Word In Black team, I’ve covered issues from the mental health crisis among Black youth to initiatives families have taken to combat the school-to-prison pipeline. Occasionally, I...
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Cardona to Black Students: Don’t Miss Out on FAFSA Like I Did
Having spent months fixing the botched overhaul of the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has a message for Black college-bound students: Don’t bypass...
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4th Annual Teach Truth Day with Zinn Education
For the last three years, educators all over the country led rallies, information tables, and events for what the Zinn Education Project calls #TeachTruth Day, an event designed to push back against...
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Howard University Revokes Honorary Degree, Returns $1M Donation Over...
By WI Staff The Howard University Board of Trustees on Friday set aside an honorary degree given to music and business entrepreneur and former student Sean “Diddy” Combs and returned the money he...
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Heat Rules for California Workers Would Also Help Keep Students Cool
By Samantha Young SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Proposed rules to protect California workers from extreme heat would extend to schoolchildren, requiring school districts to find ways to keep classrooms cool....
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Closing the Achievement Gap for Black Students With Innovative Approach
By Marlissa Collier Jay Veal, CEO of INC Education, isn’t just passionate about education – he’s on a mission to close the longstanding, and arguably growing, achievement gap for Black students across...
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Taking Action to Protect Black LGBTQ+ Students
The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking an alarming 516 bills aimed at curtailing LGBTQ+ rights in states nationwide. From banning discussions of LGBTQ+ topics in classrooms to prohibiting...
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Texas Schools Grapple With Low Test Scores and Chronic Absenteeism, Report Says
By Tannistha Sinha Only one in three children in the U.S. meets reading standards in the fourth grade, one in four eighth-graders are proficient in math, and 30% of students are “chronically absent,”...
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Chicago Teachers Put ‘Green Schools’ On The Bargaining Table
When contract negotiations between Chicago’s public school teachers and the city began on Friday, it marked the first time that the union had one of its own on the other side of the table: Mayor...
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Here Are 7 Commencement Speeches You May Have Missed
To a college graduate, a commencement speech might feel surreal. Hearing living legends deliver life lessons, sometimes with quirky comedic undertones and memorable lines can be inspiring, leaving...
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Why Expanding Access to Algebra Is a Matter of Civil Rights
By Liza Bondurant, Mississippi State University Bob Moses, who helped register Black residents to vote in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, believed civil rights went beyond the ballot...
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Meet the New NAACP Board Member Who’s All About Education Equity
From racial disparities in school funding and the school-to-prison pipeline to segregated schools and efforts to ban the teaching of Black history, there are plenty of challenges in public education...
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