The Department of Education has cut nearly half of its workforce, including the Office of Civil Rights and the Institute of Education, Sciences, which will hurt Black K-12 students the hardest.
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Black Students Are the Future of Journalism
Black journalists are working to provide access and opportunities to young Black students to learn journalism, as the pipeline for Black journalists is shrinking due to limited opportunities.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones Hosts Black Read-In When Schools Wouldn’t
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will host a free African American Read-In in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, to encourage the teaching of Black history and books in schools.
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Parents Need to Pay Attention to Artificial Intelligence, Too
Parents and educators must be aware of the potential biases in AI technology in the classroom, and take steps to ensure that students have equitable access to tools and resources.
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California’s Black Student Crisis Is Everyone’s Problem
Black students in California are six decades away from reaching proficiency in reading and math due to systemic failures in the education system, and the state’s education system is a microcosm of how public education is failing one of its most vulnerable student groups.
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Title I Funding in Limbo: What’s at Stake for Black Students
A Baltimore judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s DEI ban, but experts warn that federal funding may still be at risk for schools serving low-income and predominantly Black students.
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Ed Dept. Portal Encourages “Snitching” on DEIÂ
The Trump administration has unveiled an online portal for parents to report violations of educators teaching about race or sexual orientation at taxpayer-funded institutions, sparking immediate pushback from parents’ groups and education equity advocates.
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Trump’s DEI Ban and the Civil Rights of Black Students
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has issued a Dear Colleague letter to K-12 school districts, requiring them to eliminate DEI programs in two weeks or risk losing billions in federal funding, citing the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision overturning affirmative action in college admissions as the basis for the directive.
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Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’, Inspires Students with Her Life Journey
Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth”, visited Paul Quinn College to talk to students about the importance of Black history and the current state of the American political scene.
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TRIO Program Under Threat as DOGE Targets DOE
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is threatening the Department of Education (DOE), which is responsible for ensuring students have access to resources for college success. This could have a devastating impact on students who rely on the TRIO program, including the Student Support Services (SSS) program at Paul Quinn College.