Duke study slamming affirmative action angers
theGRIO REPORT - A Duke University study that explores the performance of "low performing" black students has set off a firestorm among alumni along Tobacco Road and stoked the argument over affirmative action...
School district investigates math homework on slavery
NORCROSS, Georgia (AP) = Suburban Atlanta school officials are deciding whether to discipline teachers who gave third-grade students math homework with word problems about slavery...
No Child Left Behind turns 10: Has it failed?
theGRIO REPORT- Merely a decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act inspired the country to provide the best education possible to its youth. Yet today, on its tenth anniversary, many say the legislation has been ineffective...
School used slavery theme for 3rd grade math lesson
theGRIO REPORT - Parents in one Georgia school are demanding an apology after a third grade math class used images of slavery and even slave beatings as part of the lesson plan...
Black students in DC expelled at higher rates than whites
Across the Washington area, black students are suspended and expelled two to five times as often as white students...
Will new Pell Grant rules punish students?
theGRIO REPORT - The government may be making it even harder to earn a college education these days. Unfortunately, the population that will likely be most affected is African-Americans...
'Alarming' new test-score gap discovered in Seattle schools
African-American students whose primary language is English perform significantly worse in math...
DC schools: Biggest black-white achievement gap
theGRIO REPORT - A 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress study has found Washington, D.C. public schools have the largest achievement gap between its minority and white students...
Ludacris launches rap site with daughter for kids
theGRIO Q&A - In a partnership with his 10 year- old daughter Karma, Ludacris has created Karmasworld, an educational website that utilizes hip-hop to teach elementary students math, English and etiquette...
Study: Sexual harassment on the rise in schools
theGRIO REPORT - Issues of sexual harassment seem to be increasing within schools in recent years. Researchers say sexual harassment could also be linked to racial and ethnic stereotypes.
