A study finds that black men's college football and basketball players' graduation rates lag behind black male non-athletes at the same schools. Researchers say this is troubling because the additional financial and academic support the athletes receive seem to make no difference.
Analysis of federal data finds that charter schools suspend students at a higher rate than public schools do. It also reveals racial disparities in charter school suspensions.
The Georgia teacher who called his student the "dumbest girl" resigned under pressure. Despite an audio recording of the verbal abuse, it took months of pressure to force his resignation.
Harvard agreed with a committee's recommendation to replace the law school's shield, which incorporates a slave-owning family's crest. A student movement, strengthened by a racial incident, pressured the University's governing body to make the change.
Serena Williams will donate funds for supplies in Compton public schools. This is part of the #BestSchoolDay campaign that includes 50 celebrities who are donating to schools through the crowdfunding platform DonorChoose.org.
The unnamed male teacher at Green County High School in Greensboro, Ga., is accused of calling Shaniaya Hunter, "the dumbest girl I have ever met."
A candidate running for the Texas State Board of Education -- who, if elected, will determine what goes into children's textbooks -- is facing backlash over comments made on social media about President Obama and the Civil War.
Boys who go to neighborhood barbershops in the Mobile and Pritchard, Ala. area are getting more than a haircut. They’re also discovering books they can relate to, with characters that look like them.
President Barack Obama kicked off his Computer Science For All plan at a California high school earlier this month.
A police investigation concluded that three SUNY-Albany students lied about a racially-motivated attack. Authorities believe the three women were the attackers and will charge them with third-degree assault.
Michelle Obama launched a project that will allow students and educators around the nation to access scores of e-books.
A Missouri school integration law prevents a Black student from attending his school. The third-grader's mother has launched a petition to change the law.
