Education

A young boy scratches the back of his head while looking at a green chalkboard
Bunnell Elementary School in Florida failed its Black students and then tried to lay the blame on them. 
/ August 25, 2023
Marla Frederick becomes first Black woman to lead Harvard's divinity school
Marla F. Frederick is the first Black woman to be named dean of Harvard Divinity School in its 207-year history.
/ August 25, 2023
Bunnell Elementary School Florida
Black parents aren't pleased about their kids being isolated for a school assembly and offered gift cards as incentive to…
/ August 23, 2023
Arkansas' top education official on Monday told school districts offering an Advanced Placement African American Studies course to send in their course…
/ August 22, 2023
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed the Arkansas high school AP African American Studies curricula as a "lie" and "propaganda."
/ August 21, 2023
As they say: Each one, teach one. And that’s my next mandate in life — to lecture at a university…
/ August 21, 2023
Experts say that just like kids, adults can benefit from the energy and new possibilities that the start of the…
/ August 20, 2023
Williams and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation have teamed up for a campaign that stresses the importance of early childhood care…
/ August 18, 2023
Frederick Douglass thegrio.com
The conservative media company's videos have been approved for use in Florida classrooms. But the videos are just political propaganda.
/ August 18, 2023
Giddens talks in detail about her childbirth experience and how her album's title cut is about how the cloud of…
/ August 18, 2023
Ron DeSantis, erasing Black history, theGrio.com
The six Arkansas schools that planned to offer an Advanced Placement course on African American studies say they will continue…
/ August 18, 2023
“There will be lawsuits,” said Chris Jones, who ran against Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, about the state's decision.
/ August 17, 2023