Public schools across the country are directing teachers to use curriculum resources from a nonprofit that teaches American history through the lens of racial and sexual oppression.

Ahenewa El-Amin has taught African American literature and AP English Literature and Composition for years at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky. She heard that Florida state officials moved to ...

Teachers in Florida have said they’re confused by the state’s new African American history standards and it’s not hard to see why. While the new standards rightfully put more emphasis on African ...

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The number of African American teachers in Missouri decreased after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954. The problem persists more than a half-century later, ...

LAUSD educator Donald Singleton says the choice was a “no-brainer” when he was asked to teach a new advanced placement course at Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School in the Crenshaw district. The ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Public Schools have renamed a school in honor of the district's first African-American teacher. The Academy of Teaching, Learning, & Social Justice at Innovation ...

Miami Norland Senior High School teacher Renee O’Connor in her classroom on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. Back in February of 2022, Renee O’Connor was a finalist to be Miami-Dade County Public School’s ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More fallout over Florida’s New Academic Standards that require educators to teach about the personal benefits African Americans received during slavery. A Duval County history ...

Nacala McDaniels, a 2023 graduate who took AP African American Studies, speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) COLUMBIA — Nacala ...

A Highlands Ranch teacher is getting ready to crack open a textbook and teach Advanced Placement African American Studies for the first time. This is also a first for the Douglas County School ...