Perceptions of black students
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An education conference in London is again debating the issue of underachievement by black pupils - and encouraging them to aim higher.
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Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone.
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I'm a contrarian. It's natural. It's what happens when you're born black and male in New Orleans. You grow up questioning authority and challenging conventional wisdom. It's both a mode of survival and a disease. I have it bad. I'm addicted to argument.
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How do children respond to stereotypes about race, religion and gender? A child-development expert looks at contradictions in kids' behavior.
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Comment is free: Hugh Muir: A survey of black opinion suggests prejudice has got worse, and solutions must come from within.
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Researchers talk to college students about growing up with attention problems.
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A PBS documentary seeks to enlarge our understanding of the four black freshmen whose actions led to a civil rights watershed in 1960.
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Many young U.S. blacks are as confident as their white and Hispanic peers that they can use politics to make things better, but a majority of young blacks feel alienated from today's government, a study said on Thursday.
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Urban students see glimmers of their own evolving identities and dreams in F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs novel.
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The Black Coaches Association still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group&#39;s new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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African-Americans voiced pride and amazement over Barack Obamaâs victory in Iowa, with some seeing the result as a signal moment in race relations.
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NEW YORK  - An "alarmingly" high number of inner-city black young adults smoke and, for those trying to quit, several factors may conspire to thwart their efforts, research shows.
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Ever since we got into the thick of the presidential race, reporters, anchors, pundits, columnists and writers have spent a considerable amount of time on the fact that nearly 50 percent of the people who will vote in the South Carolina primary are black.
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Boys are less keen to go to university than their female counterparts, a survey suggests.
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NEW YORK  - African American women who  report experiences of discrimination based on their race or  skin color appear to have an increased risk of poor pregnancy  outcomes, according to the findings of two new studies.
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Significant decisions by the Supreme Court on the racial makeup of schools:
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Physicians tend to do more of the talking during examinations when their patients are black, suggesting race plays a role in the way doctors and patients communicate, according to a new study