People who work in government offices get all kinds of flak, often unfairly. Columnist Ed Pratt tells the story of one civil ...

The parties reached a settlement in February 1959. The Harlem 9’s children would not enroll in the schools for which they were zoned. Nor would they be able to engage in “open choice” – the parents’ ...

Tyrone Laws is one of the people dedicated to making sure stories of the Jersey Shore's pioneering Black scientists do not ...

She ate lunch alone and sometimes played with her teacher at recess, but she never missed a day of school that year. In 1999, she established The Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and ...

Children's book author Zenda Walker is visiting the young scholars at the Mission Grammar School in Roxbury as part of Black History Month.

Welcome to Year 9 of High School Confidential, powered by Danville Area Community College. It's an award-winning project made possible by aspiring student journalists from every corner of our ...

A group of 13 Greensburg Salem sixth grade students stood at the front of a middle school classroom this week, waiting for ...

Divided Rutherford County school officials rejected an attempt Thursday through a resolution to oppose Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies.

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PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

The DRIVE summit hosted by the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity honored the legacy of Dr. Charlotte ...

The figures obtained by The Times come as the VAT exemption for private schools ended earlier this year, increasing fees by 20 per cent. Business rates relief is also set to finish in April.