Education

African-American college students theGrio.com
Thurgood Marshall College Fund and United Negro College Fund partnered with Testing For America to help reopen HBCUs during the…
/ August 10, 2020
School Classroom theGrio.com
As the federal government urges schools across the country to reopen, fear of contracting COVID-19 remains high, especially for many…
/ August 7, 2020
A child and staff member at separate schools in Indiana tested positive for COVID-19 as institutions in the state reopened…
/ August 2, 2020
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The 15-year-old Oakland County girl who was jailed as punishment for failing to complete her online schoolwork was released Friday…
/ August 1, 2020
Some Black and Indigenous educational leaders are resisting the push prompted by the national reckoning over racial injustice and police…
/ July 31, 2020
Charter School Movement Grows As Obama Voices Plans To Expand System
Not only is the COVID-19 curve going in the wrong direction, the standard operations of any school suggest that having…
/ July 28, 2020
Harvard University and MIT filed a lawsuit challenging Trump's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if…
/ July 8, 2020
President Trump Participates In National Dialogue On Safely Reopening Nation's Schools
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed…
/ July 8, 2020
Rehan Staton, a former sanitation worker in Maryland, is celebrating his acceptance into Harvard Law School after overcoming personal adversities.
/ July 6, 2020
A mother in Arkansas is alleging their 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of her daycare because she wore shirts that…
/ July 3, 2020
Autumn A. Arnett says that instead of celebrating Independence Day, Black people should celebrate Tuskeegee University, which was also founded…
/ July 2, 2020
Lynika Strozier theGrio.com
Many mourn the death of Black scientist and educator, Lynika Strozier, who has become one of the latest to lose her…
/ June 28, 2020