Slavery-math homework causes uproar at school
NEW YORK (AP) - A school principal said she's 'appalled' by a homework assignment that used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math...
Obama proposes $1 billion for science, math teachers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration unveiled plans Wednesday to create an elite corps of master teachers, a $1 billion effort to boost U.S. students' achievement in science, technology, engineering and math...
Ex-teacher apologizes for slavery math lesson
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The suburban Atlanta teacher who resigned after an investigation found students were given math homework with word problems about slavery has apologized...
Teacher resigns over slavery math lesson
LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia (AP) - A spokeswoman says a suburban Atlanta teacher has resigned after an investigation found third-grade students being assigned math homework with word problems about slavery...
Declining numbers of blacks seen in math, science
(AP) - The answer turns out to be a complex equation of self-doubt, stereotypes, discouragement and economics -- and sometimes just wrong perceptions of what math and science are all about...
Math and science: Key to more black astronauts
theGRIO REPORT - It was not until 1979 that an African-American, Guion "Guy" Bluford, Jr., donned cosmonaut overalls. Three-years later, he became the first African-American man in space...
TheGrio's 100: Shirley Ann Jackson, making math and science make sense
TheGrio's 100 - pollinating the next generation of the nation's innovators...
TheGrio's 100: Omo Moses, equating things for next generation
theGrio's 100 - Omo Moses speaks like a true activist, following in the path of the great men who share his name...
Achievement gap in education remains wide
Despite unprecedented efforts to improve minority achievement in the past decade, the gap between black and white students remains frustratingly wide, according to an Education Department report released Tuesday...
Preserving the arts may save our kids
I spent last Friday night at a 4th grade poetry slam.
I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. As the mother of a first grader I know that sometimes parents and teach…
