Education

Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
/ July 9, 2021
Zaila Avant-garde, theGrio.com
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and only the second Black…
/ July 8, 2021
Tulane's graduate medical education programs have been placed on probation by a national education accreditation organization.
/ July 8, 2021
Black students and faculty at UNC have expressed frustration with the way they are treated, from campus police to the…
/ July 8, 2021
But even among the more well-rounded spellers who will compete Thursday in the ESPN-televised national finals, Zaila Avant-garde stands out.
/ July 8, 2021
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones used major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University.
/ July 7, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones thegrio.com
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Howard University made some bold and straight-up gangsta moves with her newly announced role at the esteemed…
/ July 7, 2021
"I am sorry. I intend to earn your trust and your forgiveness," actress Phylicia Rashad wrote after receiving blowback for…
/ July 3, 2021
Phylicia Rashad thegrio.com
Howard University swiftly reacted to Phylicia Rashad's tweet of support for Bill Cosby following his announced release from prison.
/ July 1, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones thegrio.com
Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved a plan to offer tenure to investigative journalist Nikole…
/ June 30, 2021
The trustees of North Carolina’s flagship university are meeting amid criticism of their decision not to offer tenure to Nikole…
/ June 29, 2021
Hundreds of University of North Carolina students gathered Friday to demand that trustees reconsider tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones.
/ June 26, 2021