Media outlets around the country are taking note of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and LDF report, Unlocking Opportunity for African American Girls: A Call to Action for Educational Equity, which outlines what are sometimes insurmountable barriers to staying in school and how poor educational outcomes result in limited job opportunities, lower lifetime earnings, and increased risk of economic insecurity for African American women. Read a sampling below.
- Lori Bezahler, Cassie Schwerner and Kavitha Mediratta, How Our Schools Are Holding Black Girls Back, Time.com (Feb 9, 2015)
- Megan Reed, African-American Girls More Likely Than White Counterparts to Be Suspended or Expelled, Atlanta BlackStar (Sep 29, 2014)
- Patrice Peck, Report Explores Barriers for Black Girls’ Educational, Economic Success, BET (Sep 29, 2014)
- Ann Brown, The Educational Challenges Of Color: New Report Looks At The Barriers For Black Girls, Madame Noire (Sep 29, 2014)
- Diana Veiga, New Report Released on Unlocking Opportunity for African American Girls, Clutch (Sep 29, 2014)
- Ellyn Fortino, New Report Calls Attention To Educational Barriers Impacting African-American Girls, Progress Illinois (Sep 29, 2014)
- Free Radical, New Report Exposes Educational Inequities for Blacks Girls, Mound City North Star (Sep 29, 2014)
- Monique W. Morris, Ed.D, Once Again, Stats Show That Black Girls Are Not ‘Just Fine’, Ebony (Sep 29, 2014)
- Chelcee Johns, New Report: Black Girls Unfairly Disciplined and Sexually Harassed in School, Mommy Noire (Sep 29, 2014)
- Allie Gross, Report: African-American girls disproportionately penalized in school, School Leadership 20, (Sep 26, 2014)
- Sonya Eskridge, NAACP [LDF] Publishes Report On Effects Of Racial, Gender, Educational, and Professional Inequalities Faced by Black Women, Hello Beautiful (Sep 26, 2014)
- Eric Westervelt, Q&A: The Mis-Education Of African-American Girls, NPR (Sep 25, 2014)
- Rebecca Klein, These Are The Barriers Black Girls Face In School, Huffington Post: Black Voice (Sep 24, 2014)
- New Report Shows Bias Blocks Black Girls Success, Political Blind Spot (Sep 24, 2014)
- Derek Black, New Report on Educational Barriers for African American Girls, Law Professors Blog Network (Sep 24, 2014)
- Unlocking Opportunity for African American Girls, Opportunity to Learn (OTL) Campaign (Sep 23, 2014)
- New NWLC & NAACP report: Race and gender bias harm educational outcomes of African American girls, The Charleston Chronicle (Sep 23, 2014)
