NewsOne focuses in March 2017 on the steep uphill climb of Black girls in the K-12 public school system.
Several education news stories in 2016 impacted the African-American community. Black educators reached new heights and the community debated school choice.
A Missouri law sparks concerns over felony charges for school fights. It could impact students of color disproportionately.
The Department of Justice announced that it will phase out its use of private prisons. There's no need for them with the declining population of federal prisoners.
An Education Department report finds a dramatic increase in prison spending over education funding. The Obama administration is calling for a reprioritization.
A Tennessee prosecutor said he will drop criminal charges against elementary school children. Parents protested the arrests.
St. Louis school officials announced a ban against automatic out-of-school suspensions of students in preschool through second grade. This move follows a report that said Missouri leads the nation in suspending Black elementary school students.
According to author Monique Morris, Black girls make up 16 percent of American school students, but account for over 33 percent of school arrests.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is donating $4.7 million to eight organizations in New Orleans and two coalitions in Mississippi devoted to uplifting young men and…
The school-t0-prison pipeline is alive and well in America. There are currently more than 60,000 individuals under the age of 21 locked behind bars in…
