Hairstyles such as dreadlocks, cornrows and afros could soon be expressly allowed and protected against discrimination in Wake County schools. The Wake County school board’s policy committee backed ...

Less than one month after Texas’ CROWN Act went into effect, the same school district that largely prompted the law’s creation is delivering its first major test. Darryl George, a junior at Barbers ...

A Texas superintendent doubled down on the district's decision to punish a Black student who wears dreadlocks for violating its dress code even after being faced with litigation. The superintendent of ...

A flood emergency is underway in western Washington as a second surge of rain is causing rivers across the region to rise. by CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and JUAN LOZANO AP Education Writer MONT BELVIEU, Texas ...

Darryl George, a 18-year-old junior, looks before walking across the street to go into Barbers Hill High School after serving a 5-day in-school suspension for not cutting his hair Monday, Sept. 18, ...

Tucked on page 56 of the Tolar school district’s student handbook was a rule that the ACLU of Texas believed violated state law. “Building administrators reserve the right to determine appropriate ...

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Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, was initially suspended the same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles. School officials said his ...