Urban Education

*A recent letter from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with a controversial appointment, have together triggered reactions...

*After a group of local rappers were allowed to perform an “unauthorized and intolerable” concert at a middle school dance in Georgia, officials launched...

*Hunger Is, a joint charitable initiative of the Albertsons Companies Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), announced today the $30K in 30 Days...

*An Alexandria, Virginia man has been arrested two years after he allegedly threatened to kill African Americans at Howard University. John Edgar Rust, 26, faces...

*The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) world-renowned Marching "100" is headed to the prestigious Tournament of Roses Parade in 2019. The University’s band...

*Dancers from the Miami Northwestern Senior High dance team have come under fire for being “too risqué” with their costumes and routine after video...

*The voice of Calvin Richardson stirs emotions deep within with his earnest delivery, but on his newest album release “All or Nothing” (Shanachie) the...

*Melania Trump came to a Massachusetts elementary school Thursday bearing a gift in celebration of “National Read a Book Day.” The first lady brought along...

*Multi-Award winning actor, model and filmmaker prodigy Anthony Michael Hobbs’ short films Naga Pixie and Agent Hollywood screening at the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival...

*The National Black Information Technology Leadership Organization (NBITLO) is calling together Higher Education Administrators, Students, Faculty, Alumni, Tech Leaders, Institutional Advancement Practitioners and Enrollment...

*If you've ever felt uncomfortable about the n-word being used so freely in songs by rappers that white people embrace, this story should definitely...

*A Georgia middle school teacher has been suspended for giving her sixth-graders homework that featured violent and sexually suggestive lyrics by mumble “rapper” Kodak...

*Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long is looking to “promote equality through education” in his hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, where a series of white...

*Yes, Black girls rock, but make no mistake, they CODE too! To this end GM and Black Girls CODE celebrated their partnership at the recent...

*Several black students at predominantly white Lipscomb University in Nashville recently attended a dinner hosted by the school’s president, where organizers thought it was...