Ex-superintendent indicted in Atlanta school cheating scandal
NBC News - A grand jury indicted a former superintendent and more than 30 other educators Friday in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals that rocked Atlanta's public schools.
Prosecutor uncovers untested rape kits
VIDEO - Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy has seen her share of grisly crime, but even she was shocked by a discovery in 2009 at a former police storage warehouse...
No Child Left Behind turns 10: Has it failed?
theGRIO REPORT- Merely a decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act inspired the country to provide the best education possible to its youth. Yet today, on its tenth anniversary, many say the legislation has been ineffective...
Black students still losing academic ground despite reforms
Chicago Tribune - News of this growing deficit was surprising to researchers considering the strides African-American students had made nationally over the same period...
Elite NYC schools need to be taught about diversity
From The NY Times - Parents and educators criticize Stuyvesant and Bronx Science for admitting few black & Latino children - blame standardized testing and poor preparation...
Results from track star's gender test expected to return soon
LONDON (AP) -- The results of Caster Semenya's gender tests are expected to arrive at the IAAF headquarters any day, and its unlikely the world 800-meter champion will...
Black firefighters demand change in test exams (VIDEO)
theGRIO VIDEO -- Across the country, firefighter entrance exams have been under heavy scrutiny because of its disparate impact on African-American candidates.
Sickle cell testing for college athletes underway
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don't know it -- even though almost every newborn in the U.S. today is tested for what is called "sickle cell trait," and starting this summer more college athletes are getting tested, too.
People with HIV are being diagnosed too late
Saturday, June 27, was National HIV Testing Day.
People with HIV are being diagnosed too late in the disease process, and not enough is being done to screen h…
