by Courtney Jacobs Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper An African-American eighth-grader was recently arrested for throwing Skittles on a bus in Louisiana. According...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (USA Today) — Teenager Dwayne Powe Jr. got a suspension in eighth grade. He didn’t get into a fight. He wasn’t caught with drugs. He...
Sonya Eskridge Special to the NNPA from the CHICAGO DEFENDER (NNPA)—Black female students are facing two huge institutional challenges as racism and sexism converge in...
(The Washington Post) – I received a call from my sons’ school in March telling me that my oldest needed to be picked up early. He had...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even before they typically learn to read, Black preschoolers – some as young as 4 years old...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the 2011-2012 school year, Black students without disabilities were more than three times as likely to...
by Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Many school children in America are on summer break right now, but here’s a pop quiz about discipline policies in...
