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Cheerleader Who Was Punished For Taking A Knee During Football Game Wins $145K Settlement

Gloria LandmanDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019

by Gloria LandmanDecember 6, 2019December 6, 20192 3001

A former Kennesaw State University cheerleader who kneeled during the national anthem at a KSU football game has been awarded $145,000 in an out-of-court settlement....

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Woman Sentenced to Prison After Claiming Her White Son Was Black, For College Admission

Gloria LandmanOctober 18, 2019October 18, 2019

by Gloria LandmanOctober 18, 2019October 18, 20195 14641

A California mom who falsely claimed that her White son was Black and Latino on a college admission form was sentenced to three weeks in...

Education News

Chicago School Threw 9-Yr-Old Into The cold Then Reported Him Missing

Gloria LandmanOctober 11, 2019October 11, 2019

by Gloria LandmanOctober 11, 2019October 11, 201915 5367

The family of a 9-year-old Chicago elementary school student is suing the city’s school system after surveillance video shows a security guard pushing the child...

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Teacher Apologizes For Telling Students To Write ‘Funny’ Captions On Slavery Pictures

BMS AdminSeptember 27, 2019September 27, 2019

by BMS AdminSeptember 27, 2019September 27, 20193 2159

An unidentified teacher at John W. Dodd Middle School in Freeport, Long Island has apologized for telling students in her class “make it funny” and...

Education News

Billionaire Widens Morehouse College-Debt Payoff Gift to Include the Student’s Parents’ Loans

Gloria LandmanSeptember 20, 2019September 20, 2019

by Gloria LandmanSeptember 20, 2019September 20, 201902045

Early this summer, billionaire Robert Smith made national headlines when he surprised the 2019 Morehouse College graduates by pledging to pay off all their student...

Education News

Meek Mill Donates School Supplies To Students, Teachers In Philadelphia

Janet GartnerSeptember 19, 2019September 19, 2019

by Janet GartnerSeptember 19, 2019September 19, 20190820

Rapper and business man Meek Mill is continuing to help his community by donating school supplies to elementary schools in his city. Only a few...

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Woman Says Texas School Told Her To Cut Her Grandson’s Long Hair Or Have Him Wear a Dress

Gloria LandmanSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 2019

by Gloria LandmanSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 20194 4703

The family of 4-year-old Michael Trimble says his school is enforcing a discriminatory dress code against him and other Black students. Randi Woodley, Trimble’s grandmother,...

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Parents of Six Black Students Suing Minnesota School District Over Allegations of Racial Bullying

BMS AdminSeptember 7, 2019September 7, 2019

by BMS AdminSeptember 7, 2019September 7, 201902726

A lawsuit filed by the parents of six former and current Black students of multiple Minnesota schools accuses some schools in the district of failing...

Education News

Florida Approves Bill Allowing Classroom Teachers To Be Armed

BMS AdminMay 12, 2019May 12, 2019

by BMS AdminMay 12, 2019May 12, 201901123

After two days of impassioned debate, Florida's House of Representatives passed a controversial bill on Wednesday that would permit classroom teachers to carry guns in...

Education Videos

University Of Georgia Fraternity Suspended After Racist Video Shared On Social Media

Janet GartnerMarch 25, 2019March 25, 2019

by Janet GartnerMarch 25, 2019March 25, 201901887

A fraternity at the University of Georgia has been suspended after members were seen using racial slurs in a video circulated on social media, the...

Black Excellence Education

Tennessee Teacher Converts Bus Into Classroom To Bring Education To Low-Income Areas

BMS AdminMarch 22, 2019March 22, 2019

by BMS AdminMarch 22, 2019March 22, 201902204

While a teacher at Hardy Elementary School in low-income Chattanooga, Tennessee, Brittany Harris was worried about the low test scores of students in the Hamilton...

Education Videos

‘Back to School Necklaces’?: New York Teachers Fired Over Classroom Display Featuring Noose Photos

BMS AdminMarch 21, 2019March 21, 2019

by BMS AdminMarch 21, 2019March 21, 201912539

Two teachers in Long Island, N.Y., were fired and a third placed on paid suspension after images of nooses were displayed as part of a...

Education

N.J. School Apologizes After Guest Speaker Tells Students Adolf Hitler Was a ‘Good Leader’ Like MLK Jr.

BMS AdminMarch 20, 2019March 20, 2019

by BMS AdminMarch 20, 2019March 20, 201912136

One of the most prominent athletic officials in New Jersey has apologized after admittedly describing Adolf Hitler as a “good leader” during a presentation at...

Education

Only 7 Black Students Got Into N.Y.’s Most Selective High School, Out of 895 Spots

BMS AdminMarch 19, 2019March 19, 2019

by BMS AdminMarch 19, 2019March 19, 201901082

Only a tiny number of black students were offered admission to the highly selective public high schools in New York City on Monday, raising the...

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Parents Outraged After Teacher Holds Mock ‘Slavery Auction That Placed Black Students In Imaginary Shackles

BMS AdminMarch 11, 2019March 11, 2019

by BMS AdminMarch 11, 2019March 11, 20192 3000

Parents at a private school in Westchester County, New York, are up in arms after a social studies teacher reportedly held a mock slave auction...

Education Videos

Virginia School Under Fire After Students Instructed To Play ‘Runaway Slave Game’

BMS AdminFebruary 22, 2019

by BMS AdminFebruary 22, 201911574

An African American history lesson at school in Northern Virginia is generating backlash after students were instructed to role play as slaves on the Underground...

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Category : Education

Cheerleader Who Was Punished For Taking A Knee During Football Game Wins $145K Settlement

Woman Sentenced to Prison After Claiming Her White Son Was Black, For College Admission

Chicago School Threw 9-Yr-Old Into The cold Then Reported Him Missing

Teacher Apologizes For Telling Students To Write ‘Funny’ Captions On Slavery Pictures

Billionaire Widens Morehouse College-Debt Payoff Gift to Include the Student’s Parents’ Loans

Meek Mill Donates School Supplies To Students, Teachers In Philadelphia

Woman Says Texas School Told Her To Cut Her Grandson’s Long Hair Or Have Him Wear a Dress

Parents of Six Black Students Suing Minnesota School District Over Allegations of Racial Bullying

Florida Approves Bill Allowing Classroom Teachers To Be Armed

University Of Georgia Fraternity Suspended After Racist Video Shared On Social Media

Tennessee Teacher Converts Bus Into Classroom To Bring Education To Low-Income Areas

‘Back to School Necklaces’?: New York Teachers Fired Over Classroom Display Featuring Noose Photos

N.J. School Apologizes After Guest Speaker Tells Students Adolf Hitler Was a ‘Good Leader’ Like MLK Jr.

Only 7 Black Students Got Into N.Y.’s Most Selective High School, Out of 895 Spots

Parents Outraged After Teacher Holds Mock ‘Slavery Auction That Placed Black Students In Imaginary Shackles

Virginia School Under Fire After Students Instructed To Play ‘Runaway Slave Game’

Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly...

School Cop Who Received Oral Sex From A Child Won’t Have To...

NY Mother Has Children Take Away and Is Arrested For Homeschooling Her...

Woman Who Kicked 8-Yr-Old So Hard In The Stomach It Killed Her...

White man charged with Black teen’s murder tells police “that’s another piece...

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