Mom who tossed baby down garbage shoot gets probation
Laquasia Wright, a 19-year-old Brooklyn girl, was allowed to plead guilty in endangering the welfare of a child after she threw her baby down her 8th floor garbage chute...
Unemployment benefits may be denied without a GED
From Cleveland: WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Beneficiaries without a high school degree or GED would have to work toward that diploma to get unemployment aid...
Jailhouse diplomas cost Chicago millions
CHICAGO - The Chicago Public School system is spending approximately twice as much to educate students in the Cook County Jail as opposed to students in traditional schools...
Philly teens redefine their education
VIDEO - Philadelphia students redefined themselves - no longer accepting the term dropout by referring to themselves as push-outs...
Sean Bell community center opens in Queens
NEW YORK - The center, which will offer mentoring, GED and tutoring programs for children and adolescents, as well as job-training referral programs for adults, is expected to be fully operational by June...
Mary J. Blige may not be going back to school after all
theGRIO REPORT - Mary J. Blige may have her sights on going back to school these days, but Howard University is not ready to admit her...
Mary J. Blige earns GED, may be Howard-bound
WASHINGTON - Blige dropped out of high school during her junior year, according to Starpulse.com. Ambition, however, is definitely not something she is lacking...
