Black History Month

Chicago teachers begin voting on contract

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50 years later, University of Mississippi marks integration

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Special to premiere on 1st graduating class of Oprah's South African school

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Students get financial training, job skills at new school credit union

MIAMI - Booker T. Washington High School students not only go to class, they also run the new Dade County…
/ September 26, 2012

President Obama talks education, school reform, with NBC News' Savannah Guthrie

VIDEO - As part of the NBC News 2012 "Education Nation" Summit this week, President Barack Obama sat down with…
/ September 26, 2012

Controversy swarms around 'Won't Back Down' premiere

theGRIO REPORT - Amid calls for education change during NBC’s 2012 Education Nation Summit, the Sunday night premiere of Won't…
/ September 25, 2012

'The boy who touched Obama's hair' a timeless story

VIDEO - When first lady Michelle Obama referenced the young African-American boy who touched President Barack Obama's hair during a…
/ September 24, 2012

New Education for a Better America initiative aims to prevent high school dropouts

OPINION - Every day more than 7,000 students across the country drop out of school and over 1,000,000 students will…
/ September 24, 2012

13-year-old pens middle school success guide

theGRIO REPORT - Students can sometimes find the transition into middle school stressful and challenging, so one eighth grader used…
/ September 24, 2012

'42' trailer debuts: Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford star in Jackie Robinson biopic

VIDEO - Movie and sports fans are getting their first glimpse of an upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic starring newcomer Chadwick…
/ September 21, 2012

Obama White House awards HBCUs, but how will the money be managed?

theGRIO REPORT - With the collapse of Morris Brown College — due to financial mismanagement, corruption, financial aid theft and…
/ September 20, 2012

Report: Only 52 percent of black males graduate from high school in 4 years

theGRIO REPORT - A new study released today shows that while black males’ high school graduation rates have improved significantly…
/ September 20, 2012

Early version of Emancipation Proclamation to be displayed in Harlem

theGRIO REPORT - The only remaining version of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting will begin an eight…
/ September 19, 2012

US government awards $228M in grants to black colleges

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department is awarding $228 million in grants to historically black colleges and universities. The five-year…
/ September 19, 2012

Chicago teachers, students head back to school as strike ends

CHICAGO - After a stand-off in the third-largest school district in the nation that had the Chicago Teachers Union in…
/ September 19, 2012