Education

S.T.E.M., The Rise: Color of S.T.E.M., HBCUs and S.T.E.M., Black S.T.E.M. students, Black women in S.T.E.M., Virginia State University, theGrio
Blaise Davenport is a recent graduate from VSU, where she majored in  computer information systems and minored in cybersecurity and…
/ August 3, 2023
Black teachers reported significantly higher rates of burnout and being significantly more likely to leave their job than white teachers.
/ August 3, 2023
Myzelle Law, young athlete with big dreams, dies of heat-related injuries at football practice
Myzelle Law, a beloved 19-year-old MidAmerica Nazarene University student-athlete, passed away over the weekend from heat-related injuries.
/ August 2, 2023
The largest school district in Texas has found itself at the center of criticism following a decision to repurpose their…
/ August 1, 2023
scholarship
The Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) has welcomed 132 new scholarship recipients from 26 states who will study at…
/ August 1, 2023
Republicans Tim Scott, Byron Donalds, Wesley Hunt and John James spoke out against notion that enslaved people benefited from slavery.
/ July 30, 2023
Homeless students fell through the cracks during the pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable…
/ July 29, 2023
The decision to ban AP African American studies courses in some states may have increased students desire to learn about…
/ July 29, 2023
The board of University of North Carolina voted to bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in admissions…
/ July 29, 2023
Occidental College, a private school in Los Angeles, is the latest school to end legacy admissions in the wake of a Supreme Court…
/ July 28, 2023
Florida Black history teachings -- Rep. Byron Donalds
Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida's only Black Republican congressman, is against teaching students that Black people benefited from slavery.
/ July 28, 2023
Ron DeSantis, erasing Black history, theGrio.com
White washing slavery: Why some people believe black people benefitted from being enslaved; and the debate around that belief
/ July 28, 2023