Tag: Department of Education
Biden Administration Focuses Money on HBCUs After Bomb Threats
On March 16, in a small auditorium at the Old Executive Office Building next door to The White House, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary...
Landmark $1.85 Billion in Relief for Federal and Private Student Loan Borrowers
State AGs reach settlement with nation’s largest student loan servicer
By Charlene Crowell, Center for Responsible Lending
A broad coalition of state attorneys general (AGs)...
ACLU Demands Reform After Black Girl Arrested in Hawaii
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press
Honolulu police officers and officials with Hawaii's public school system discriminated against a disabled Black child by handcuffing, arresting...
Supt. Thurmond Deploys 3 Million COVID Tests to Speed Up Safe School Reopening
Bo Tefu | California Black Media
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond expanded an existing pilot testing program, adding 3 million free COVID-19 rapid...
California Ethnic Studies Debate: Whose Stories Get Told?
By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Race and ethnicity can be tricky topics to discuss, especially in the classroom. But the California...