Aziah Siid, Author at Word In Black

Department of Ed Cuts are Real, and Black Students Will Feel It

by Aziah Siid March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

The agency’s workforce has been slashed from 4,133 workers to about 2,183, a cut that will trickle down to marginalized students.

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones heard schools in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa — worried about President Donald Trump's war on DEI — canceled this year's event celebrating Black authors. So Jones, a Howard University professor and author, decided to do it herself.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Hosts Black Read-In When Schools Wouldn’t

by Aziah Siid March 11, 2025March 13, 2025

Parents Need to Pay Attention to Artificial Intelligence, Too

by Aziah Siid March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

Ed Dept. Portal Encourages ‘Snitching’ on DEI

by Aziah Siid March 4, 2025March 5, 2025

As an HBCU graduate, Vice President Kamala Harris understands that everyone — white and black students as well as fellow teachers — when Black teachers are at the blackboard.

The Black Teacher Pipeline Matters Regardless of Trump

by Aziah Siid February 25, 2025February 28, 2025

Now that the Trump administration has canceled $600 milllion in teachher training grants that touched on diversitiy and race, two infleuntial teachers' unions say it's time to fight back — in the courts and in the streets.

Our Schoolkids Aren’t Cannon Fodder for Trump’s Culture Wars

by Aziah Siid February 20, 2025February 20, 2025

Can a Student-Led Battle Fix Kentucky’s Schools?

by Aziah Siid February 18, 2025February 19, 2025

Chicago Teachers Union: We Won’t Stop Teaching Black History

by Aziah Siid February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

Schools Can Still Teach Black History — Very Carefully

by Aziah Siid February 3, 2025February 3, 2025

These Executive Orders Can Hit Black Students the Hardest

by Aziah Siid January 28, 2025January 29, 2025