Dr. Nadia Lopez Talks Upcoming Brooklyn ‘Hair Fest’ Designed For Youngsters
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HBCUs Create Prison-to-College Programs for Formerly Incarcerated People of Color
"It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life..."...
New Documentary Exposes Discrimination Toward Black Girls In U.S. Schools
PBS released a new documentary called PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, exposing the cruel treatment against school-aged black girls....
Creating a Pipeline to Possibilities Instead of Prison
"As a judge in a misdemeanor court, I often see first-time, young offenders between the ages of 17 and 25, many of whom have no...
Every Day, 250 Preschoolers Get Expelled or Suspended. Most Are Black
It's hard to imagine, but every day 250 preschoolers are suspended or expelled. That's according to a recent analysis by the Center for American Progress,...
Economic Facts Affecting Your Child’s Education | Fact 14
Bottom line: Charter schools are not a panacea. The best charter school networks, like KIPP, are great. But as this article states, the average charter...
Brutalizing Black Students is Business as Usual
A teenage girl is slammed to the floor by a sheriff's deputy. The incident, which was filmed on a cell phone, goes viral and reaction...
Arne Duncan Proposes Investing in Education, Not Prisons
In a speech to the National Press Club, Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposes a fresh idea: investing in our young people's future instead of prisons....
Illinois Gov. Signs Groundbreaking Law Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipeline
The governor of Illinois' signed bill will 'choke off' the state's school-to-prison pipeline and end the 'first resort' use of suspensions and expulsions....
5 Facts About the School-to-Prison Pipeline
School-to-prison pipeline: Statistics show nationwide epidemic of minority children directed from school to prison....