Targeted historically Black colleges and universities spanned six states and DC as police warned that at least one had been ‘very real’At least seven historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the United States received back-to-back bo…
‘Exhausted and underpaid’: teachers across the US are leaving their jobs in record numbers
Unsafe Covid protocols, disrupted schedules and overwork are driving teachers out the schoolhouse doorTeachers around the United States are quitting or retiring early as schools have reopened for the new academic year and Covid-19 cases among children …
Pennsylvania school district reverses ban on books by authors of colour
The Central York school board has gone back on its decision to bar a list of titles by or about people of colour from being used as educational resourcesA wide-ranging ban on books in a southern Pennsylvania school district has been reversed following …
On These Grounds: a shocking film about police brutality within US schools
In a new documentary, the story of a 16-year-old Black student who was assaulted by a white police officer exposes a broken systemIn On These Grounds, an expansive, insightful and infuriating documentary about police brutality in the public education s…
‘Devious licks’ TikTok challenge has students vandalising school bathrooms
Teens are smashing restroom mirrors and sinks, stealing soap dispensers and even turf from sports fields in latest internet trendSchool officials across the US have expressed alarm over instances of vandalism inspired by a viral TikTok challenge known …
US rightwing group targets academics with Professor Watchlist
Turning Point USA’s list gains fresh attention after it expands and some notice it disproportionately names academics of colorKellie Carter Jackson, an associate professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College, had never received hate mail before.Th…
Children caught in Covid culture wars as US politicians defy health advice
Rightwing politicians leave parents of vulnerable children with an impossible dilemma: send children to school where others are unmasked, or keep them home – againTen days ago Robyn McCarthy was eagerly preparing for the return of her six-year-old son …