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A Texas judge ruled on Feb. 22, 2024, that the Barbers Hill School District didn’t violate the law when it punished Darryl George, a Black student, for wearing his hair in long locs. The Texas law in question – the CROWN Act – prohibits discrimination against hairstyles in schools and workplaces. The school district argued – and Judge Chap B. Cain III agreed – that the law doesn’t mention anything about hair length. In the following Q&A, Kenjus Watson, an education professor at American University who studies the psychological and social effects of racism, discusses how the decision upholds a long-standing legacy of cultural assimilation . What message has the court just sent? I’d argue it’s a harsh reminder that the natural appearance, cultural expressions and freedom of Black children are incompatible with the objectives and ideals of the school system in the U.S. Those objectives and ideals were created to establish social order, enforce conformity, demand cultural assi...

Photo, top: Acting Chief George Nichols stands behind a podium hand-constructed by Bristol-Plymouth Carpentry and Computer-Aided Drafting/Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) student s. (Photo Courtesy Dighton Police Department) Superintendent Alex Magalhaes is pleased to share that Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Carpentry and Computer-Aided Drafting/Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM)  student s recently designed and built a wooden podium for the Dighton Police Department. During the month of December, junior Carpentry student s Justin Deangelis and Casey Williams embarked on a two-week community service project to prepare a new wooden Dighton Police podium . Each year, Bristol-Plymouth Tech provides services to community members and organizations as part of its vocational-technical programs as a way to provide authentic learning opportunities for students.  Deangelis and Williams were joined by CAD/CAM senior student Jason Awalt, who wa...

Uvalde students staged a walkout to protest gun violence. Students of the Uvalde Independent Consolidated School District staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest gun violence, acknowledging the 19 elementary school children and two teachers who were killed after the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last May. Uvalde students said they took inspiration from students in Nashville, Tennessee, who conducted a massive walkout on Monday related to The Covenant School shooting, which left three children and three faculty members dead. That walkout has led to days of peaceful protest ing at the Tennessee state house. Students gathered on the lawn inside the fences of the school, which were put up after the shooting and soon started making their way toward the perimeter. Students walk out of class to protest gun violence, on April 5, 2023, in Uvalde, Texas. Kate Holland/ABC News MORE: What we know about the victims of the Texas school shooting in Uvalde so far Junior hig...