The Royal Gazette9d
Premier visits primary school’s Black history exhibit
The Premier gave his congratulations to a primary school on the occasion of its seventh annual Black History Month exhibition. David Burt and his wife, Kristin, toured Paget Primary’s Black ...
FOX31 Denver18d
Black history standards in schools passes committee along party lines
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado lawmakers are calling on the state Board of Education to adopt standards for teaching black history in K- 12 schools. Members of Colorado’s Black Caucus said the ...
USA Today10d
'I'm proud:' Fayetteville's Historically Black Orange Street School reopens to community
Fayetteville's historic Orange Street School, which served Black students during segregation, has reopened after extensive renovations. The project was spearheaded by community groups that ...
WBEZ10d
Chicago Public Schools’ Black student success plan hit with federal legal challenge
As Chicago Public Schools on Friday celebrated the launch of a plan intended to improve academic outcomes for Black students, a national group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of ...
KVUE18d
Black-owned bookstore in Austin works to provide books banned in Texas schools and libraries
AUSTIN, Texas — As a battle of the books wages over which titles are allowed to stay in Texas schools and libraries, one Black-owned, independent bookstore in Austin wants to make sure people ...
Black Enterprise15d
Anti-DEI Group Files Complaint Against Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan
The plan is meant to address disparities for Black students within Chicago Public schools. A conservative advocacy group has filed a federal anti-discrimination complaint against Chicago Public ...
Chicago Sun-Times15d
Medical schools enroll fewer Blacks, Latinos from Illinois after Supreme Court's affirmative action ban
Valerie Santos, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Illinois Chicago, said a more diverse medical staff could have helped her grandmother receive better care. It pushed her to ...
Wall Street Journal15d
Chicago Schools’ Bid to Boost Black Student Achievement Draws Legal Challenge
Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News A conservative advocacy group filed a legal challenge against Chicago Public Schools on Friday over an initiative to give extra support to Black students ...
KCTV News18d
‘Significant piece of Black history’: Local school paved way for Brown v. Board
The Walker School was built in 1888 after Johnson County organized School District 90. Black and white children alike attended the school until 1947. Then, the district built South Park Grade ...
WVXU14d
Commemorating Black History Month in schools is tricky for many teachers this year
ARENA: Partridge has been a pre-K teacher for 20 years, and the Black history museum she spearheaded for the school has exhibits for the students. There's a music section, a hair salon and plenty ...
New Haven Register17d
Connecticut law preserves Black, Latino studies course as Trump attacks DEI in schools
including when the state passed a law requiring that all high schools offer an elective social studies course on Black and Latino studies. "This curriculum acknowledges that by connecting the ...