A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
Texas professor blames poor test scores on single moms
theGRIO REPORT - A professor at the University of Texas has sparked controversy following remarks that black students are failing academically because so many are raised in single parent households...
Future bleak for one of nation's oldest HBCUs
theGRIO REPORT - One of the country’s oldest historically black colleges is fighting for survival following revelations it is facing foreclose next month...
Minority students disproportionately arrested in NYC public schools
NEW YORK - Ninety-five percent of arrests made in New York City public schools in the last school year were of black or Latino students...
Teacher allegedly calls kids 'fat, black and stupid'
theGRIO REPORT - The St. Paul Public School District and Timothy Olmsted, 6th grade teacher at the Heights Community School in St. Paul, Minnesota, are being sued by his students' families. The lawsuit comes after students reported Olmsted's discrimination against African-American students...
New black student initiative has sweeping goals
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration has launched the first steps of an ambitious plan to dramatically improve academic achievement among African-American students from the 'cradle to career'..
Campus diversity suffers under race-blind policies
BERKELEY, California (AP) - Fifteen years ago, California voters were asked: Should colleges consider a student's race when they decide who gets in and who doesn't?
Are for-profit colleges good for black students?
theGRIO REPORT- Key black leaders are divided on the Obama administration's increased regulation of for-profit colleges, with some casting the schools as saddling students with huge debt and little job prospects...
Duke students call for better climate for blacks
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A group of about two dozen Duke University students urged administrators Tuesday to create a better climate and provide more financial support for black students...
