A white professor sued Tuskegee University for age and racial discrimination regarding his salary. What We Know: Marshall Burns, 73, is a physics professor at […]
Category: Education
Get a Master’s Degree in Marijuana, Yes We’re Serious
As more states attempt to legalize marijuana, a growing number of colleges are adding cannabis to the curriculum to prep graduates for careers in cultivating, […]
President Obama Pens Letter To Woman Who Receives Clemency And Returned To College
Former President Barack Obama pens a note to a woman who received clemency in 2016 and retuned to college where she made Dean’s List. What […]
UnitedHealth Group investing $8.25 million into Atlanta HBCUs
UnitedHealth Group announced Tuesday that it is investing $8.25 million over the next five years in an effort to enhance data science education at historically […]
Entire Bronx Success Academy Class aces Statewide Math Exam
An entire Bronx charter-school class in the nation’s poorest congressional district aced the Algebra I Regents exam. What We Know: At Success Academy Bronx 2 […]
Woman Named Marijuana Pepsi Earns Ph.D With Dissertation On Uncommon Names
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, earned her Ph.D. from Wisconsin’s Cardinal Stritch University after completing her dissertation, “Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions.” […]
Harvard pulls Parkland Student’s Admission over use of the N-word
A survivor of the Parkland School shooting announced Monday that Harvard University rescinded his admission over racist comments he made nearly two years ago. What […]
Teacher to 11-year-old-girl ‘You’re Lucky I’m Not Making You Pick Cotton’
MILWAUKIE, OR — Jasmyn Spencer was eating lunch May 31 with her friends at Linwood Elementary School in Milwaukie, Ore., when the employee chided the […]
Bronxville, NY Teacher holds ‘Mock Slave Auction’
In March, a white teacher at a private school in New York was accused of holding a mock slave auction for students. What We Know: […]
High School pulls yearbooks showing 18 students flashing white power symbols
A high school in Illinois has had their yearbook distribution postponed due to photos of students flashing the “white power” hand gesture. What We Know: […]