An incoming Boston University professor has apologized for her controversial remarks regarding White males on Twitter, Fox News reports. Saida Grundy, an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Boston University who identifies as a “feminist sociologist of race & ethnicity,” was hit with criticism after calling White college males a “problem population” on her social […]

The Georgia principal who chastised “all the Black people” after a handful of individuals prematurely left a graduation ceremony has been terminated, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. After her racially charged comments went viral, Nancy Gordeuk, principal of the private TNT Academy in Stone Mountain, said she made the remarks when she became frustrated that people started taking pictures of […]

The second biggest school district in Louisiana has been hit with claims of racism and discrimination after many children, including an eighth grader allegedly detained for throwing candy on a school bus, were arrested for petty crimes. The Jefferson Parish School District was named in a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center last Thursday, citing claims of police […]

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Connecticut College officials canceled classes on Monday after someone scrawled “No N-words” in the bathrooms on the first floor of the student center building, according to various media reports. NBC Connecticut says college officials were notified of the scrawl found at the Crozier-Williams building at 12:15 p.m. Sunday. The graffiti was removed, according to a […]

On Thursday, the 20-year-old University of Virginia student who was injured in a violent arrest at the hands of state Alcoholic Beverage Control officers appeared in court for the first time since the March 18th incident. Martese Johnson, a third-year Italian and media studies major, appeared alongside his lawyer, Daniel Watkins, and entered no plea to […]

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A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a civil suit filed by a White Chicago public school teacher who claims he should not have been disciplined for using the n-word in class during a “teachable moment” in front of mostly Black sixth-graders, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah upheld the board’s discipline of […]

Seniors gearing up for graduation at Howard University can breathe a little easier now; the Mecca is implementing a new practice that will surely lower some of those Sallie Mae student loans. Starting next year, the university will cover 50 percent of a student’s final semester if they graduate early or on time. Now there’s […]

Spirit Week, a fun event for high school students that allows teens to get creative with costumes and sport their school pride, was shaken up when…

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Cynthia Ramsey, a math teacher at North Carolina's Camden County High School was suspended with pay after allegedly making an extremely racist remark in front of multiple students, reports Raw Story.

Several outraged AIDS activists in Tanzania have denounced some local school administrators for forcing HIV-positive students to wear special uniforms adorned with red ribbons, according to a BBC news report. SEE ALSO: Teacher Sued For Ordering Girl To Pee In Bucket Mohammed Lukema, the headmaster of Kibaha Primary School in the country’s largest city Dar es […]

After recent fights involving students and adult gang-members in Hayward, Calif., the local school board and high school principals met to discuss their continued fight against gang violence in their schools. Mt. Eden, Hayward and Tennyson high schools all have a policy that ban wearing gang colors, however the three principals disagree on how to […]

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama urged high school students on Wednesday to think about their career goals and the job market before deciding what type of education to pursue. ALSO READ: 25 Black Women You Should Know About Obama was speaking at Ballou High School in southeast Washington as part of a Women’s History […]