President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education (DOE) on Thursday, March 20 claiming that education should be a state’s responsibility to sustain, not the federal government’s. In other words, if this order is implemented, there will be no nationwide standards regarding education, no regulation […]
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Nooses outside Mississippi Capitol spark discussion
Photo by Creative Director, Ramapo News Nooses, accompanied with signs painted in red, black and green, coincidentally the colors of the Pan-African flag, were found outside the Mississippi State Capitol the day before the state’s special Senate election. This state’s election, which featured Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and African-American Democrat Mike […]
Black Student Union Leads Discussion on History of African-American Education
Photo by Pauline Park The Black Student Union, or BSU, sponsored a discussion last Friday to evaluate our current education system and look over how it has changed over the years. At the event, three students, Jean Claudeson, Jihad Peele and Shania Thomas, together gave a presentation about the Brown […]
Former NAACP President Speaks to Eliminate Injustices
Photo by Steve Fallon Benjamin Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP, came to Ramapo College on Monday for a lecture sponsored by the Dean’s Lecture Series. He talked about a variety of topics, but his primary focus was to communicate to the audience his own experiences as a […]