House Republicans have passed a bill that could severely limit Black students’ access to private school education in Texas, by increasing funding for individual private school students, reducing the use of less-experienced educators, and allowing for vouchers to be used to improve already up-to-standard private schools.
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Without Pell Grants, Black Students Lose More Than Tuition
Black students rely heavily on Pell Grants to access higher education and racial healing, and proposed cuts to these grants could jeopardize their opportunities for growth and healing.
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The Casualties in Trump’s Title I War: Millions of Kids
The Trump administration’s directive requiring states to certify they are not using federal Title I funding for “divisive” DEI efforts could result in the loss of Title I funding and ultimately harm students from low-income families, students of color, and those from other underserved communities.
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Common History. Common Goal: The Penn Center Legacy Lives On
The Penn Center, formerly known as the Penn School, is a historic site in St. Helena Island, South Carolina, that was a key location for the Civil Rights Movement and was a favorite retreat of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and is now a National Historic Site and a center for preserving Black history.
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Dallas Weekly’s Civics 101 Series Sheds Light on the Crucial Role of the City Manager
Kim Tolbert, the first woman to serve as City Manager in Dallas, has been making waves by streamlining city operations and implementing significant cost-saving measures, while also closing a $38 million revenue gap and balancing the city’s budget for fiscal year 2024-2025.
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Could Florida’s Attack on AP Courses Become a National Trend?
Florida lawmakers have introduced a bill to reduce state funding for college-level high school courses by up to 50%, which could deepen educational and racial inequities nationwide, as Black students already have less access to AP classes.
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In Trump’s War on DEI in Schools, the NAACP Fights Back
The NAACP has sued the Trump administration, accusing it of misinterpreting civil rights laws to target DEI initiatives in public schools and risking federal funding for programs that help struggling students.
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Black Boys Matter: Why Are They Disappearing From Schools?
Black boys are being pushed out of school at an alarming rate, starting from preschool, due to systemic racism and lack of institutional support, leading to a lack of representation in higher education.
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Black Students Ask: What Does ‘Inclusive Excellence’ Really Mean?
Northern Illinois University has changed its website language from “confronting racism” to “inclusive excellence” after an executive order stripped DEI efforts from campuses nationwide, leaving Black students questioning the meaning of the change.
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Decades of Data Show Deadly Gap for Black Children
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that Black children in the US have consistently faced significantly higher mortality rates than their white peers, with no improvement in relative disparities since the 1950s, resulting in over half a million avoidable infant deaths and nearly 690,000 childhood deaths among Black Americans between 1950 and 2019.