Why 'Wont Back Down' is controversial

theGRIO REPORT - Amid calls for education change during NBC’s 2012 Education Nation Summit, the Sunday night premiere of Won't Back Down drew a crowd of protesters, voicing their objections to the film's message...

Bill Cosby on education: More funding is not the answer

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Legendary comedian Bill Cosby weighed in on education following President Obama's State of the Union speech...

In message to students, Obama encourages learning

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama told students Wednesday in a back-to-school address that they bear responsibility in helping America get back on its feet...

Back to school: What's wrong with US education?

Patrick E. Winfield II

OPINION - As millions of young people return back to school this year, we are still faced with the elephant in the room, What's Wrong with Education?

DC's Seed School sprouts students driven to succeed

Lana Schupbach

VIDEO - Most students entering the Seed School do so three grades below grade level. Upon entry, students are set up in dormitories during the week and allowed to spend weekends at home...

John Legend headlines P&G anti-dropout promotion

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CINCINNATI (AP) - John Legend will headline a Procter & Gamble Co. promotion to benefit dropout prevention as part of his broad support of education reform...

New law could benefit homeless, poor students

Ollie Montgomery

CONNECTICUT - For homeless families the prospect of school registration is daunting as many states require all students have a valid home address...

Slim school options push parents over the edge

Todd Johnson

theGRIO VIDEO - Wayne McKenzie, father of three boys, sent his children to private school because he wasn't satisfied with the public school options in his Brooklyn neighborhood...

Misplaced priorities create a prison boom, education bust

Benjamin Todd Jealous

OPINION - Over the years, as states escalated spending on prisons, funding for education suffered...

TheGrio's 100: Derrell Bradford, fighting for freedom of school choice

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TheGrio's 100 - Derrell Bradford's determination to give parents the freedom of school choice has made the former writer integral to the fight for U.S. education reform...

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Why 'Wont Back Down' is controversial

Bill Cosby on education: More funding is not the answer

In message to students, Obama encourages learning

Back to school: What's wrong with US education?

DC's Seed School sprouts students driven to succeed

John Legend headlines P&G anti-dropout promotion

New law could benefit homeless, poor students

Slim school options push parents over the edge

Misplaced priorities create a prison boom, education bust

TheGrio's 100: Derrell Bradford, fighting for freedom of school choice

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