13-year-old pens middle school success guide
theGRIO REPORT - Students can sometimes find the transition into middle school stressful and challenging, so one eighth grader used his experience to create a road map for success...
How will new HBCU money be managed?
theGRIO REPORT - With the collapse of Morris Brown College — due to financial mismanagement, corruption, financial aid theft and foreclosure—and the overall precarious fiscal state of HBCUs, some are wondering if these schools can be trusted to properly manage their finances...
Barely half of black males graduate high school
theGRIO REPORT - A new study released today shows that while black males’ high school graduation rates have improved significantly in the last eleven years, they still fall behind their white counterparts...
US government awards $228M in grants to black colleges
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department is awarding $228 million in grants to historically black colleges and universities. The five-year grants will go to schools in 19 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
Chicago teachers, students head back to school
CHICAGO - After a stand-off in the third-largest school district in the nation that had the Chicago Teachers Union in deep debate with Chicago Public Schools officials, the strike has ended...
Chicago teachers strike suspended
CHICAGO (AP) - Teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines in Chicago, ending a combative stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over evaluations and job security...
Chicago suburban students back in class despite strike
theGRIO REPORT - Classes have resumed in one Illinois school – without the teachers. Lake Forest High School, a suburb outside of Chicago, opened its doors yesterday morning despite an ongoing teacher strike, WMAQ reported...
Chicago students may be back in class Monday
theGRIO REPORT - In one of the most promising moves during the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike that has over 26,000 teachers picketing, officials say 360,000 students could be back in class Monday...
Report: Clark Atlanta University ranks worst in student debt
theGRIO REPORT - The US News & World Report recently did an analysis of colleges and universities where students graduated with the least and the most amounts of debt debt. Clark Atlanta University ranks at the top of schools where students exit with most debt...
Negotiators have 'framework' to end teachers Chicago strike
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had achieved a "framework" that could end the walkout in time for students to return to class Monday...
