Education

Researchers found that just having one African-American educator can reduce one's risk of not finishing high school by 30 percent.

He says many kids don't have mentors to keep them on track, as he had growing up.

Ifeoma White-Thorpe has to make a tough decision among the elite schools vying for her enrollment.

Chance the Rapper announces the launch of the New Chance Arts and Literature Fund for Chicago public schools.

NewsOne focuses in March 2017 on the steep uphill climb of Black girls in the K-12 public school system.

An African-American boy launches a book club featuring literature with positive Black characters.

A school district agrees to pay three Black students $450,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama made a special appearance on Thursday night’s episode of FOX’s MasterChef Junior.

Senate Education Committee chairman John Eichelberger reportedly said during a town hall meeting that he blames failing urban school systems for minority students dropping out of college and that money would be better spent training them for vocational programs.

Marvel Comics character Riri Williams, an African-American woman superhero, was featured in MIT’s admissions video.