Gaps in achievement, or academic performance, between Black and white students grows fastest in more segregated school districts, per a 2022 report from global education organization ASCD.

Maternal mortality decreases among women with higher education levels, but Black women with college degrees still have a mortality rate that is five times higher than college-educated white women.

In Louisiana, Black students are twice as likely to be suspended as white students and receive longer suspensions for the same infractions, according to a 2017 study from the Education Research ...

Trump's employment cuts to the Department of Education will disproportionately affect Black K-12 students, erasing their gains in education and civil rights.

Black students are being misclassified in special education due to biased interpretations and lack of support. DEI cuts could exacerbate this issue.

On the higher education front, the report calls for stronger transfer ... Pre-pandemic, the gap between white and Latino students in A-G completion was 3%, and 13% between white and Black students.