News from Black Communities of Gwinnett County Georgia.
Gwinnett high school students can catch up or get ahead with summer classes. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) offers high school students, including rising 9th graders, four ways to learn for credit …
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The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (AJC) reports the Gwinnett County Board of Education voted 3-2 on Thursday to buy out the contract of Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks almost a year …
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By Katie Shepherd Paul Adamus, 7, climbs the stairs of a bus before the first day of school on Aug. 3 in Dallas, Ga. Adamus is among tens of thousands …
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We demand police free schools in Gwinnett County! School resource officers do not make schools safer and undermine emotional safety. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) should educate children how to …
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It’s devastating to see our leaders so willing to put our children, teachers, staff members, and our loved ones in harm’s way during the middle of a pandemic. Numbers across …
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Reading is the passport needed to get on the train to freedom. Our goal in Gwinnett County Schools should be to turn around the many reasons why Black boys hate …
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COVID-19 has done more than cause a health pandemic, economic scare and new adaptation to our social norms. It has also uncovered the unreasonable and unrealistic ideals we have for …
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We cannot escape the reality that systemic racism is in our public education system. We see it in real, tangible examples of many of our Black and brown students. Students …
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by Josh Stern | Student, NYC Department of Education Well, we’ve done it! With the passage of July 4, summer is officially in full swing! But for millions of educators …
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Recently the current Gwinnett County School Board Chair, Louise Radloff’s comment toward the only Black board member, Everton Blair as been heard saying to the Superintendent, “I could strangle him”, …
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