New Morehouse college president has White House ties
theGRIO REPORT - John Silvanus Wilson will be the 11th president of Morehouse College. Wilson is the former executive director of President Obama's White House Initiative on HBCUs...
Is Morehouse having money trouble?
theGRIO REPORT - Just a couple months after Morris Brown College in Atlanta filed for bankruptcy, Morehouse College is reportedly going through some money issues of its own...
Diversity officer who signed anti-gay marriage petition on hot seat
theGRIO REPORT - Gallaudet University has announced that it would like its chief diversity officer to return to her post, after she was put on leave for signing a petition to reverse Maryland's same-sex marriage law...
Professor teaches Haitian children 3 languages in 1 year
theGRIO REPORT - Students at L'Ecole de Choix (School of Choice) in Haiti are receiving the best education of their lives...
Fla. Board of Ed backs race-based academic goals
theGRIO REPORT - The Florida Board of Education has been met with opposition for approving a strategic plan this week that will categorize students' academic performance based on race and ethnicity...
Chicago schools CEO replaced after 17 months
CHICAGO (AP) - Just three weeks after the resolution of Chicago's first teachers' strike in a quarter-century, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's efforts to improve schools face more upheaval with the resignation of the public school system's CEO...
Do institutes of higher learning give preference to foreign blacks?
According to studies, black immigrants and the American children of black immigrants are enrolling at colleges and university, at an exponentially higher rate than non-immigrant black American applicants.
Chicago teachers union rank and file approve new contract
CHICAGO - The rank and file of the Chicago Teachers Union have overwhelmingly ratified the new contract put before them on Tuesday...
Study: Race-neutral college admissions can work
(AP) - As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice...
Chicago teachers begin voting on contract
CHICAGO - The biggest hurdle during last month's Chicago teacher strike was the tentative deal reached by the teachers union and school district to end seven days of picketing and send kids back to class...
