Ever since Mystic Valley Regional Charter School entered the national spotlight two weeks ago for its discipline of black female students who wear extensions in their braids, a battle has played ...

Two Black students, who are also twin sisters, at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School right outside of Boston have been punished for wearing braids to school. Deanna and Mya Cook, who are 15 ...

Two African American girls who attend the Mystic Valley Charter School in Malden say they're being punished for the hair extensions that are professionally woven into their own braids.

“I was kind of shocked because for years everyone has been able to wear braids,” said Maya Cook, a sophomore at Mystic Valley Regional Charter in Malden, Massachusetts.

Alexander J. Dan, the Interim School Director at the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School said, "We are in receipt of the letter from the attorney general's office and it will be reviewed by the ...

The handbook for 2017-2018 at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School no longer bans hair extensions, hair that's more than two inches in thickness or height, or hair coloring.

Black students at a Malden charter school who wear their hair in braids are facing detention and suspension by administrators who say the hairstyles violate the school’s dress code. Parents ...

The board of trustees of a Malden, Mass., charter school has unanimously voted to suspend its controversial dress code policy that caused students to be disciplined for wearing braids in their hair.