Education
Black Leadership Across Campuses Summit Focuses On Strengthening HBCUs. By Chera Watson / Eduledger
The Erasure of Black Studies. A report from the undoing of a field. By Jafari S. Allen / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Charlie Kirk’s organization targets high school students with MAGA messaging. By Alex Henderson / AlterNet
Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own. By Zachary Levenson / Znetwork
Democratic States Sue Over Trump Demand That Colleges Provide Race Data. By Vimal Patel and Stephanie Saul / NYT
Virginia passes legislation banning schools from teaching falsehoods about Jan. 6. By Scott MacFarlane / CBS News
How to Fix the Broken Black Male Teacher Pipeline. By Jacob Easley / Eduledger
‘Excellence’: Smithsonian exhibit celebrates HBCUs amid attacks on Black history. By Adria R. Walker / The Guardian
What Will Be Left After the University of Texas Destroys Itself? By Aaron Boehmer / The Nation
ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools. By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen / Propublica
GOP-Run Florida University Group Chat Devolved Into Racism and Talk of Violence. By Chris Walker / Truthout
How a Jewish Philanthropist and Black Educator Rewrote Southern Education. By Jeffrey Kass / Level Man
Daughter of slaves devoted life to education, advised presidents. By Page Leggett / Illumination
The Democratic Party Is Turning Back Toward Public Schools. By Peter Greene / The Progressive Magazine
Trump is betting on DeSantis’ college oversight revamp. It’s shaping up to be a red-state revolution. By Rebecca Carballo, Andrew Atterbury and Bianca Quilantan / Politico
Longtime Xavier University President, leader Norman C. Francis dies at 94. By Raven Poole / WGNO
3 generations of Black Philadelphia students report persistent anti-Black attitudes in schools. By Leana Cabral / The Conversation
FAMU Community Members Say DEI Policies Impacted Black Studies Degree At HBCU. By Nahlah Abdur-Rahman / Black Enterprise
Justice Department sues Harvard over alleged withholding of race-related admissions documents. By Nadine El-Bawab and Jack Date / ABC News
Pentagon says it’s cutting ties with ‘woke’ Harvard, discontinuing military training, fellowships. By Jocelyn Gecker / ABC News
FAMU President Issues Comment After Student Claims Flyer for ‘Black’ Event Was Rejected. By Phenix S Halley / The Root
The End of Affirmative Action and the Quiet Erosion of Teacher Preparation at PWIs. By Antonio L. Elis / The Eduledger
Black, Latino admissions at top universities dropped after Supreme Court ruling. By Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill
How Colleges’ Pursuit of a Diverse Professoriate Came Back to Bite Them. By Emma Pettit / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Trump escalates Harvard feud with $1B demand. By Bianca Quilantan / Politico
So-Called “Intellectual Freedom Centers” Spread Right-Wing Ideologies on Campus. By Sophie Hayssen / Prism
HBCU could soon have federal funding restored after 105 years. By Stephen J. Gaither / HBCU Gameday
Virginia Democrats target military college’s funding after anti-DEI push. By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Erin Cox and Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Dr. Gloria Wade-Gayles, 1937-2026. By Jamal Watson / The EduLedger
Probes Into Racism in Schools Stall Under Trump. By Meredith Kolodner / TPM
