The mother’s story is not an anomaly. Black K-12 students across the country are battling a growing mental health crisis that experts say is connected to their school environments.

Integration, while a major step forward, often came at the expense of Black-led institutions. The Ninth Avenue School was shut down in 1965, its students scattered across formerly all-white schools.

CAPE MAY — The Franklin Street School is now part of the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail, with a marker recognizing “the centrality of African Americans in the history of Cape May.” State ...

As a scholar who specializes in education policy, law and politics, I can share how current policies have strayed from efforts to support low-income Black children. History of school voucher programs ...

States looking to add or expand school choice and voucher programs have adopted language from civil rights activists pushing for equal access to quality education for all children. For example, they ...

Research from education history scholars shows that more recent support for school choice was not anchored in an agenda to privatize public schools but rooted in a mission to support Black students.

An experienced skydiver died Saturday after her main parachute collided with another jumper's gear, and her emergency chute failed to deploy, authorities said. Jasmine Black, 48, had completed ...