Chester Asher urged SLPS school board last week to address the dismal academic outcomes of Black students within the school district at a St. Louis Public Schools Board meeting on July 11th.

The Francis Howell School Board in suburban St. Louis voted 5-2 Thursday night to drop the courses on Black history and literature that were first offered in 2021.

The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates ...