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Suicides were rising among young people before coronavirus, and experts fear it could get worse. School leaders share how they dealt with it in their own schools.

The new committee formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to address racism and diversity recommended Monday that high schools and colleges establish required courses on Black history for graduation. The proposal is the first to come from the…

Reopening guidelines for Wisconsin schools released Monday make clear that big changes are in store if and when in-person classes resume. That includes teachers, staff and students wearing masks, classes with no more than 10 students at a time and…

Lourdes Torrey was only a few weeks into her first year at the University of Missouri in 2018 when she heard a white student in the dorm room next to hers use the N-word. She reported it through official channels,…

Indiana’s public schools can apply for funding to improve their remote learning capabilities during the coronavirus pandemic through a $61.6 million grant program, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Monday. The deadline is July 17 to apply for the needs-based, competitive funding…

Police presence in schools has been growing for decades; now there's a national movement to get them out.

Christina Torres, a middle school teacher in Hawaii, discusses the steps she’s taking to prepare for the fall, including teaching her students about anti-racism as the issue has moved to the forefront during the pandemic.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Chris Collier, principal of Virginia's Goochland High School, who found a way for the class of 2020 to celebrate their graduation amid a pandemic: A drive-in theater.

A university in Georgia is partnering with an alumna to award full scholarships to the four children of Rayshard Brooks, the Black man fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer in the parking lot of a Wendy's drive-through on June…

Amid racial justice protests nationwide, this curriculum is as relevant as it’s ever been. At Meyer Levin Middle School in New York City, where I’m principal, we’re gearing up to celebrate Juneteenth for the fifth year — although this year…

Peaceful, student-led protests have been a powerful force for change throughout American history. But during one of the largest protest movements of our generation, campuses nationwide have been shut down due to COVID-19. So what does student activism look like…

This Juneteenth as the country grapples with a racial reckoning following the killing of George Floyd in police custody, educators said that what has and what has not been taught in school have been part of erasing the history of…

Some of the men, particularly the colored Union troops out of New York and Illinois, were appalled. It had been 2½ years since President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, freeing every man, woman and child enslaved in the…

A push to remove Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s name from a West Virginia middle school that has the state’s highest percentage of black students is growing. Those who support changing the name of Stonewall Jackson Middle School will march at…

While slavery has been outlawed for 155 years, Black Americans still encounter racism and inequalities that influence their daily lives.

For years, school funding and civil rights advocates for majority black school districts have balked at how local police department spending grows while area superintendents are forced to lay off counselors, nurses, social workers, and scores of teachers. Black children…