Ohio State University has decided to shut down offices that were crucial to my success and achievement, the Center for Belonging and Inclusion and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which has ruined the very school that I was once proud to attend.
Category: Education
Posted inEducation
Department of Ed Cuts are Real, and Black Students Will Feel It
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.
Posted inEducation
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.
Posted inTexas Tribune
Texas bill would increase oversight of universities’ hiring, curriculum and compliance
Senate Bill 37 would create a state office to investigate complaints against universities and require governing boards to ensure courses don’t endorse certain ideologies, while also giving boards more power to hire administrators and oversee curricula.
Posted inEducation
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.
Posted inEducation
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.
Posted inBlackPressUSA.com
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: The Journalist Whose Legacy Lives On
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an investigative journalist and advocate who worked to document and address the severe injustices faced by Black Americans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and her legacy continues to inspire today.
Posted inFinance
A History of Money: From Goldsmiths to Bitcoin
Gold has been a trusted form of money for thousands of years, with goldsmiths storing gold and issuing receipts to trade for goods, leading to the creation of banking as we know it, and the dollar became the world’s reserve currency with the Bretton Woods system, but the rise of digital currencies like Bitcoin is challenging the petrodollar system’s dominance.
Posted inEducation
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.
Posted inWord In Black
Black General Fired for Daring to Fix Military School’s Racism
Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, a Black two-star Army commander, was fired by the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors after winning several battles against the institution’s entrenched racist culture, including removing a prominent statue of Stonewall Jackson.
