By Brenda Álvarez When students at Brunswick High School’s alternative education program begin missing class, Rie Larson knows it’s time to ask questions. “Sometimes when we start to notice a student’s drop in attendance, and…
Black youth believe in their ability to make change, but our schools aren’t helping them Commentary by Rashid Duroseau and Andrew Wilkes When Black youth appear in public conversations about civics, it’s usually in the…
Commentary by Brian Palmer Sereen Haddad, a Virginia Commonwealth University psychology major, won a major battle against her school in July. But the war she’s fighting is far from over. Haddad’s victory came on July…
Scholars slam canceling of Harvard journal issue on Palestine By Jessica Corbett As Israel continues its U.S.-backed annihilation of the Gaza Strip and Harvard University weighs a deal with the Trump administration, the Ivy League…
Founded in 1961 by Horace B. (“Hockey”) Davis as a memorial to his wife, Marian, a teacher and political activist who had died of breast cancer the previous year, the Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has awarded…
By Nakisanze Segawa KAMPALA, UGANDA — In April, dozens of students gathered at the Kyambogo University’s student center. The then-student council president, Akiso Benjamin, called the meeting to address growing frustrations with the university’s administration…
By R Allen Wight In March of this year at UNC Chapel Hill, the winning candidate for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) was disqualified for a minor infraction against election rules….
By Durham Dispatch On May 7, around 150 people gathered at Lyon Park Community Center to launch Durham Rising, an alliance of labor unions and progressive organizations pushing for an improved relationship between Duke University,…
By Public Schools First NC The 2024-25 school year was the first year that North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship taxpayer-funded private school voucher program became universally available. For the first time, all families could apply to…
By Michael Hewlett Mina Ezikpe went to a morning meeting of Central Piedmont Community College’s board of trustees on March 12 with a friend and part-time student, Eboni Exceus, to learn more about a plan…