Education

College baseball intent on increasing Black players, coaches

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Congress approves free student meal extension through summer

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Fraud Charge Against Goldman Sachs Takes Toll On Market Indices

Black educators get a boost from Goldman Sachs grant

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Drexel University student paper has a Black editor for the first time ever. She’s Kiara Santos

Santos, 22, a communications major at the Philadelphia-located college, is already on her way to a career in journalism.
/ June 24, 2022

Black and Latino homes in California are slightly behind in high-speed internet access, survey reveals

Black and Latino households in California continue to have unequal access to high-speed internet and computing devices.
/ June 22, 2022
Marvis Barnes and Myra Harris. theGrio.com

Towson U renaming dormitories for 1st Black graduates

The buildings were previously named for William Paca and Charles Carroll, elected officials and Declaration of Independence signers who enslaved…
/ June 21, 2022

Officials explain how kids were served floor sealant instead of milk at summer child-care program

A number of agencies are involved in the probe into Tuesday’s incident at Glacier Valley Elementary School in Juneau, Alaska.
/ June 20, 2022
Fort Valley State University thegrio.com

‘Friends’ co-creator pledges $4,000,000 to endow African-American professorship

The university’s department specializing in Africa and the African diaspora will also use the funds to recruit more students and…
/ June 19, 2022

The invisible lives of Black student fathers

OPINION:  Black fathers in college are not the first image most people have when it comes to being a student-parent.…
/ June 19, 2022

Who’s the Black woman on today’s Google doodle? The woman who taught Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson, that’s who 

Today in 1911, Amanda Aldridge performed a recital on her piano at Queens Small Hall, the main concert auditorium in…
/ June 17, 2022

George Washington Univ. says it’ll stop using ‘colonial’, but not until a year from now 

The Washington, D.C.-based college will continue to use Colonials until a new mascot label is introduced in its 2023-2024 school…
/ June 16, 2022
University of Houston, theGrio.com

University settles suit with group that argued school policy banning slurs, stereotyping violated free speech 

“Universities across the country should be put on notice that overbroad policies designed to chill student speech will not be…
/ June 16, 2022

Covid funding pries open a door to improving air quality in schools

The pandemic has highlighted disparities in structural improvements and air quality in schools—and how both can impair learning.
/ June 16, 2022

BlackRock’s new program helps NBA draft picks secure their financial future, build generational wealth

The iShares Future Baller$ program is working with five players expected to go in the first round, including Purdue's Jaden…
/ June 15, 2022

Math teacher is a fraction of a percentage point from making it to the runoff for superintendent of California’s schools

Ainye Long, a middle school department chair of mathematics and the only woman in the race, could face off with…
/ June 14, 2022